花時計

Japanese

Kanji in this term
花 時 計
はな
Grade: 1 		と > ど
Grade: 2 		けい
Grade: 2
kun'yomi irregular on'yomi

Etymology

From 花(はな) (hana) + 時計(とけい) (tokei). The tokei changes to dokei as an instance of rendaku (連(れん)濁(だく)).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) はなどけー [hànádóꜜkèè] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ha̠na̠do̞ke̞ː]

Noun

花(はな)時(ど)計(けい) • (hanadokei) ←はなどけい (fanadokei)?

  1. floral clock

References

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