二十日

Japanese

Kanji in this term
Grade: 1 Grade: 1
Grade: 1
jukujikun kun’yomi

Alternative forms

  • 20日, 廿日

Etymology

Two likely derivations:

  • From 二十 (hata, twenty, by way of apophonic form hatsu-) + (-ka, counter for days), or
  • A shift from 二十歳 (hatachi, twenty) + (-ka, counter for days):
    /ɸatat͡ɕi ka/ → */ɸat̚t͡ɕɨka//ɸat͡ɕuka//hat͡ɕuka/

(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

  • (Irregular reading)

Noun

二十 (hiragana はつか, rōmaji hatsuka)

  1. the twentieth day of the month
  2. twenty days
  3. Short for 二十日鼠 (hatsuka nezumi): a house mouse

Derived terms

Proverbs

  • 蛍二十日 (ほたるはつか) (せみ) (みっ) () (hotaru hatsuka ni semi mikka)

References

  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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