八岐大蛇

Chinese
trad. (八岐大蛇) 八岐 大蛇
simp. #(八岐大蛇) 八岐 大蛇

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 八(や)岐(またの)大(お)蛇(ろち) (Yamata no Orochi).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

八岐大蛇

  1. (Japanese mythology, Shinto) Yamata no Orochi, a legendary dragon that was slain by Susanoo

Japanese
Kanji in this term
八 岐 大 蛇
や
Grade: 1		 また
Grade: 4		 おお > お
Grade: 1		 ろち
Grade: S
kun’yomi irregular jukujikun
Alternative spellings
八俣遠呂智
八俣遠呂知

Etymology

From 八(や) (ya, “eight”) + 股(また) (mata, “crotch, branch, fork”) + 大蛇(おろち) (orochi, “python, large snake”). 岐 and 大蛇(おろち) (orochi) are jukujikun (熟字訓); see the latter for more.

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) やまたのお​ろち [yàmátá nó óꜜròchì] (Nakadaka – [5])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ja̠ma̠ta̠ no̞ o̞ɾo̞t͡ɕi]

Proper noun

八岐大蛇(やまたのおろち) or 八岐大蛇(ヤマタノオロチ) • (Yamata no Orochi) ←やまたのをろち (yamatanoworoti) or ヤマタノヲロチ (yamatanoworoti)?

  1. (Japanese mythology, Shinto) Yamata no Orochi, a legendary dragon that was slain by Susanoo

References
  1. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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