鳥居

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Chinese

bird reside
trad. (鳥居) 鳥 居
simp. (鸟居) 鸟 居
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Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 鳥居 (torii).

Pronunciation

Noun

鳥居

  1. torii (symbolic gate to a Shinto shrine or Buddhist temple)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鳥 居
とり
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kun'yomi
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鳥居 (torii): A typical red torii, as seen at the Ryōsen-ji Buddhist temple in Nara.

Etymology

Compound of 鳥 (tori, “bird”) +‎ 居 (i, “abode”).[1][2] From old legends about birds possessed by kami and sitting on tree branches.[1]

First cited to a text from 922 CE.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

鳥(とり)居(い) • (torii) ←とりゐ (toriwi)?

  1. a torii: a symbolic gate to a Shinto shrine or Buddhist temple
    Synonym: 華表 (kahyō)
  2. a similar roofless gate to a residence
  3. the top bar of a railing
  4. the top horizontal bar of a balance scale for measuring weight

Proper noun

鳥(とり)居(い) • (Torii) ←とりゐ (Toriwi)?

  1. a surname

Descendants

  • → Chinese: 鳥居／鸟居 (niǎojū)
  • → English: torii
  • → Korean: 도리이 (dorii)
  • → Russian: то́рии (tórii)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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