自鳴琴

Japanese

Kanji in this term
自	鳴	琴
じ Grade: 2	めい Grade: 2	きん Grade: S
on'yomi

Etymology

自 (ji, “self”) +‎ 鳴 (mei, “sound making”) +‎ 琴 (kin, “musical instrument”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) じめーきん [jìméékíń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [d͡ʑime̞ːkʲĩɴ]

Noun

自(じ)鳴(めい)琴(きん) • (jimeikin)

(music, rare) synonym of オルゴール (orugōru, “music box”)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

“〈自鳴琴〉”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

Korean

Hanja in this term
自	鳴	琴

Noun

自鳴琴 • (jamyeonggeum) (hangeul 자명금)

hanja form^? of 자명금 (“music box”)