迷子

Japanese

Kanji in this term
迷 子
まよ(い) > ま(い)
Grade: 5		 こ > ご
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology

Alteration of 迷い子 (mayoigo).[1] The ko changes to go as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Noun

迷子 (hiragana まいご, rōmaji maigo, historical hiragana まひご)

  1. lost child; stray child
  2. lost person

References

  1. 1 2 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
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