切手

Chinese

close to; to cut; to slice hand; convenient; ‑er
simp. and trad.
(切手)
切 手

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 切手(きって) (kitte).

Pronunciation


Note: khit-té - from Japanese pronunciation.
Note: khit-teh - from Japanese pronunciation.

Noun

切手

  1. (Taiwanese Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka) postage stamp

Synonyms

References

Japanese

Kanji in this term
切 手
きり > きっ
Grade: 2
て
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology 1

From 切(きっ)符(ぷ) (kippu, “a ticket used for public transport”) + 手(て)形(がた) (tegata, “commercial paper”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) きって [kìtté] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA(key): [kʲit̚te̞]

Noun

切(きっ)手(て) • (kitte) 

  1. a stamp; a substitute for postage stuck to the postcard
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Chinese:
    • Hakka: 切手 (khit-té) (Taiwan)
    • Hokkien: 切手 (khit-teh) (Taiwan)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
切 手
き(れ)
Grade: 2
て
Grade: 1
kun’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 切手 – see the following entry.
【切きれ手て】
[noun] man of ability
(This term, 切手, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

  1. 佐藤貢悦, 嚴錫仁 (2009) 日中韓同字異義語小辞典 (in Japanese), →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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