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

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

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