貝細工

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
かい
Grade: 1
さい > ざい
Grade: 2

Grade: 2
kun'yomi on'yomi
 カイザイク on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

From (かい) (kai, shell) + 細工(さいく) (saiku, work, workmanship). The saiku changes to zaiku as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Noun

(かい)(ざい)() or 貝細工(カイザイク) (kaizaikuかひざいく (kafi-zaiku)?

  1. shell-based craftsmanship
  2. winged everlasting, Ammobium alatum

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN