千早人

Japanese

Kanji in this term
千	早	人
ち Grade: 1	はや Grade: 1	ひと Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology

From Old Japanese, first attested in the Kojiki (712 CE).

Derived from 逸早 (ichihaya), stem of classical verb 逸早し (ichihayashi), modern 逸早い (ichihayai, “swift; harsh; fierce”) + 人 (hito, “person”).

The shift to rendaku (連濁) form -bito is likely due to align with the companion pillow word 千早振る (chihayaburu) in a related poem in the Kojiki.

Noun

千早人 (hiragana ちはやひと, rōmaji chihaya hito, alternative reading ちはやびと, rōmaji chihaya-bito)

a brutal or fierce man, alludes to 宇治 (Uji, “name of a river crossing”)

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:千早人.

See also

千 (ち)早 (はや)振 (ぶ)る (chihayaburu)

References

1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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