剃刀

Chinese

shave knife
simp. and trad.
(剃刀)
剃 刀

Pronunciation


Noun

剃刀

  1. razor (Classifier: 把 m c)

Synonyms

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
剃 刀
かみそり
Hyōgaiji Grade: 2
jukujikun

Etymology

Compound of 髪 (kami, “hair on the head”) +‎ 剃り (sori, “shaving facial hair or body hair; a shaver”, the 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 剃(そ)る (soru, “to shave facial hair or body hair”).). First cited in the ten-volume Wamyō Ruijushō of 934 CE.[1]

The kanji are from Chinese 剃刀 (tìdāo).

Pronunciation

Noun

剃刀(かみそり) • (kamisori) 

  1. razor

Derived terms

  • 剃刀(かみそり)貝(がい) (kamisorigai)
  • 剃刀(かみそり)気(か)触(ぶ)れ (kamisori kabure)
  • 剃刀(かみそり)の刃(は)を渡(わた)る (kamisori no ha o wataru)
  • 剃刀(かみそり)負(ま)け (kamisori make)
  • 狐(きつね)の剃刀(かみそり) (kitsune no kamisori)
  • 西(せい)洋(よう)剃刀(かみそり) (seiyō kamisori)
  • 電(でん)気(き)剃刀(かみそり) (denki kamisori)

References

  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

Okinawan

Kanji in this term
剃 刀
Hyōgaiji Grade: 2
jukujikun

Etymology

Cognate with mainland Japanese 剃刀 (kamisori). Attested in 沖縄語典 as かんすい.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kan̩sui]

Noun

剃刀(かんすい) (kansui) 

  1. razor

References

  1. 1896: 沖縄語典 (Okinawa Goten, “Okinawan Dictionary”). In Japanese. http://kindai.ndl.go.jp/info:ndljp/pid/992016/28
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