荒唐無稽

Japanese

Kanji in this term
荒	唐	無	稽
こう Grade: S	とう Grade: S	む Grade: 4	けい Grade: S
on'yomi

Etymology

荒唐 +‎ 無稽

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) こーとーむけー [kòótóómúkéé] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ko̞ːto̞ːmɯ̟ke̞ː]

Noun

荒(こう)唐(とう)無(む)稽(けい) • (kōtōmukei)

nonsense
Synonym: でたらめ

References

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

“荒唐無稽”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

Korean

Hanja in this term
荒	唐	無	稽

Root

荒唐無稽 • (hwangdangmugye) (hangeul 황당무계)

hanja form^? of 황당무계 (“nonsense”)