氷柱

Japanese
Kanji in this term
氷 柱
ひょう
Grade: 3		 ちゅう
Grade: 3
kan’on
Kanji in this term
氷 柱
つらら
Grade: 3 Grade: 3
jukujikun

Etymology

Shift from a reduplication of either 連 (tsura, "strung together") or 滑 (tsura, "smooth"), or a compound of one of the former + 等 (-ra, nominalizing and pluralizing suffix). The kanji are jukujikun (熟字訓).[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) つらら [tsùrárá] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [t͡sɨᵝɾa̠ɾa̠]
  • (Tokyo) ひょーちゅう [hyòóchúú] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [ço̞ːt͡ɕɨᵝː]

Noun

氷柱(つらら) or 氷(ひょう)柱(ちゅう) • (tsurara or hyōchū) 

  1. an icicle
    Synonym: (Tsugaru) すがま (sugama)

See also
  • 氷(ひょう)柱(ちゅう)花(か) (hyōchūka)
Kanji in this term
氷 柱
つららいし
Grade: 3 Grade: 3
jukujikun
For pronunciation and definitions of 氷柱 – see the following entry.
【氷柱石つららいし】
[noun] (geology) Synonym of 鍾乳石 (shōnyūseki, “stalactite”)
Alternative spelling
鍾乳石
(This term, 氷柱, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References
  1. 語源由来辞典 Gogen Yurai Jiten
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