金槌

Japanese

金槌 (kanazuchi): various kinds of traditional hammers with metal heads.

金槌 (kanazuchi): a modern metal hammer.

Kanji in this term
金	槌
かな Grade: 1	つち > づち Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

鉄槌, 鉄鎚

Etymology

Compound of 金 (kana, “metal”) +‎ 槌 (tsuchi, “hammer, mallet”). The tsuchi changes to zuchi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) かなづち [kànázúꜜchì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2][3]
- (Tokyo) かなづち [kànázúchíꜜ] (Odaka – [4])[1][2]
- (Tokyo) かなづち [kànázúchí] (Heiban – [0])[3]
- IPA^(key): [ka̠na̠zɨᵝt͡ɕi]

Noun

金槌 (hiragana かなづち, rōmaji kanazuchi)

a hammer with at least a metal head, or possibly made entirely of metal
(figuratively) someone who cannot swim at all (from the way that a metal hammer will drop quickly in water)

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13143-0
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

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