折り紙

Japanese

Kanji in this term
折	紙
お Grade: 4	かみ > がみ Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

折紙 (おりがみ) (origami)

Etymology

From 折り (おり, ori, “folding”) +‎ 紙 (かみ, kami, “paper”). The kami changes to gami as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) おりがみ [òrígámí] (Heiban – [0])
(Tokyo) おりがみ [òríꜜgàmì] (Nakadaka – [2])
IPA^(key): [o̞ɾʲiɡa̠mʲi]

Noun

折り紙 (hiragana おりがみ, rōmaji origami)

origami (the Japanese art of paper folding)

Related terms

切 (き)り紙 (がみ) (kirigami)

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