銅鑼

See also: 铜锣

Chinese

		copper	gong
trad. (銅鑼)		銅	鑼
simp. (铜锣)		铜	锣

銅鑼

銅鑼

銅鑼 (dora): an Asian-style gong.

Possibly from Middle Chinese compound 銅鑼 (dung la, literally “copper + gong”). Alternatively, coined in Japan from Middle Chinese-derived components.

The reading represents a likely sound shift from the expected on'yomi of dōra.

(Irregular reading)
- (Tokyo) どら [dòrá] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
- (Tokyo) どら [dóꜜrà] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
- IPA^(key): [do̞ɾa̠]

銅鑼 (hiragana どら, rōmaji dora)

銅 (ど)鑼 (ら)焼 (や)き (dorayaki): literally “gong-bake”: a kind of confection consisting of two small cakes baked to resemble gongs, sandwiching a filling of sweet azuki bean paste
銅鑼声 (どらごえ) (doragoe): literally “gong voice”: a hoarse voice, vaguely similar to the way a gong can sound very brash

1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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