揺籃

See also: 搖籃 and 摇篮

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
揺 籃
よう
Grade: S		 らん
Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese compound 搖籃 (yew lam, literally “shake, rock + basket”).

Pronunciation

Noun

揺籃 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 搖籃, hiragana ようらん, rōmaji yōran, historical hiragana えうらん)

  1. (archaic) a rocking cradle (for a baby)
  2. (figuratively, by extension) infancy; early stages of something
    揺 (よう)籃 (らん)の地 (ち)
    yōran no chi
    place of the beginning[2]
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
揺 籃
ゆり
Grade: S		 かご
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Compound of 揺 (yuri, “rocking”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 揺る yuru “to rock; to shake”) +‎ 籃 (kago, “basket”).[3]

Pronunciation

Alternative forms

Noun

揺籃 (hiragana ゆりかご, rōmaji yurikago)

  1. a rocking cradle (for a baby)

References

  1. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ↑ Kyōsuke Kindaichi et al. (eds.) (1974), 三省堂国語辞典 (Sanseidō Kokugo Jiten), Second Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō
  3. ↑ 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
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