序詞

See also: 序词

Chinese

order; sequence; preface word; phrase; classical Chinese poem
trad. (序詞) 序 詞
simp. (序词) 序 词
anagram 詞序／词序

Pronunciation

Noun

序詞

  1. foreword; preface; prologue

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
序 詞
じょ
Grade: 5		 ことば
Grade: 6
jūbakoyomi

Compound of 序 (jo, “beginning”) +‎ 言葉 (kotoba, “words”). The second kanji 詞 is an example of jukujikun.

Pronunciation

Noun

序詞 (hiragana じょことば, rōmaji jokotoba)

  1. A monotone prologue with fragmentary samisen accompaniment, used in 浄瑠璃 (Jōruri, “a type of puppet theater”) and other performance types.

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
序 詞
じょ
Grade: 5		 し
Grade: 6
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 序詞 (zjoX zi, literally “series; preface + words”).

Pronunciation

Noun

序詞 (hiragana じょし, rōmaji joshi)

  1. foreword, preface, prologue

References

  1. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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