金槌

Japanese

金槌 (kanazuchi): various kinds of traditional hammers with metal heads.
金槌 (kanazuchi): a modern metal hammer.
Kanji in this term
金 槌
かな
Grade: 1		 つち > づち
Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

  • 鉄槌, 鉄鎚

Etymology

Compound of 金 (kana, “metal”) +‎ 槌 (tsuchi, “hammer, mallet”). The tsuchi changes to zuchi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Noun

金槌 (hiragana かなづち, rōmaji kanazuchi)

  1. a hammer with at least a metal head, or possibly made entirely of metal
  2. (figuratively) someone who cannot swim at all (from the way that a metal hammer will drop quickly in water)

References

  1. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1 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
  3. 1 2 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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