椅子

Chinese

chair
 
child; son; (noun suff.); small thing; midnight; 11 p.m.-1 a.m.; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch
simp. and trad.
(椅子)		 椅 子

Pronunciation

Noun

椅子

  1. chair (Classifier: 把 m)

Derived terms

See also

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (椅子):
  • Japanese: 椅 (い)子 (す) (isu)
  • Korean: 의자 (椅子, uija)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
椅 子
い
Grade: S		 す
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

From Chinese 椅子 (yǐzi, “chair”), attested since the Kamakura period. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Alternative forms

  • 倚子‎

Pronunciation

Noun

椅子 (counter 脚, hiragana いす, rōmaji isu)

  1. chair, stool
  2. post, position

Derived terms

See also

  • 倚 (い)子 (し) (ishi)

References

  1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
椅子

Noun

椅子 • (uija) (hangeul 의자)

  1. Hanja form? of 의자 (“chair”).
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