孤児院

See also: 孤兒院 and 孤儿院

Japanese

Kanji in this term
孤	児	院
こ Grade: S	じ Grade: 4	いん Grade: 3
on’yomi

Etymology

孤児 (koji, “orphan”) +‎ 院 (-in, “institution”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) こじいん [kòjíꜜìǹ] (Nakadaka – [2])[1][2][3]
IPA^(key): [ko̞ʑiĩɴ]

Noun

孤児院 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 孤兒院, hiragana こじいん, rōmaji kojiin, historical hiragana こじゐん)

an orphanage (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)

References

1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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