山桐

Japanese
Kanji in this term
山 桐
やま
Grade: 1		 きり > ぎり
Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 山 (やま) (yama, “mountain”) + 桐 (キリ) (kiri, “paulownia”).

The kiri changes to giri as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Noun

山桐 (hiragana やまぎり, katakana ヤマギリ, rōmaji yamagiri)

  1. Synonym of 油桐 (aburagiri): the Japanese tung oil tree, Vernicia cordata
  2. Synonym of 針桐 (harigiri): the castor aralia, Kalopanax septemlobus
  3. Synonym of 沢胡桃 (sawagurumi): the Japanese wingnut, Pterocarya rhoifolia

Proper noun

山桐 (hiragana やまきり, rōmaji Yamakiri)

  1. a surname

山桐 (hiragana やまぎり, rōmaji Yamagiri)

  1. a surname

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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