草履虫

Japanese

Kanji in this term
草 履 虫
そう > ぞう
Grade: 1		 り
Grade: S		 むし
Grade: 1
Irregular

Etymology

From 草履 (zōri, “Japanese thonged sandal”) +‎ 虫 (mushi, “worm”). Compare Chinese 草履蟲, Korean 짚신벌레 (jipsinbeolle, literally “Korean straw sandal worm”), Vietnamese trùng giày (literally “shoe worm”), trùng đế giày (literally “shoe sole worm”).

Pronunciation

  • (Irregular reading)
    • (Tokyo) ぞーり​むし [zòóríꜜmùshì] (Nakadaka – [3])
    • IPA(key): [d͡zo̞ːɾʲimɯ̟ᵝɕi]

Noun

草履虫 (hiragana ぞうりむし, katakana ゾウリムシ, rōmaji zōrimushi, historical hiragana ざうりむし, historical katakana ザウリムシ)

  1. a paramecium
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