書斎

Japanese
Kanji in this term
書 斎
しょ
Grade: 2		 さい
Grade: S
on’yomi kan’on
Alternative spelling
書齋 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

First attested in the late 800s.[1] Appears to be a borrowing from Middle Chinese 書齋 (MC syo tsreaj, “a reading room, a study”).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) しょさい [shòsáí] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA(key): [ɕo̞sa̠i]

Noun

書(しょ)斎(さい) • (shosai) 

  1. a reading room, a study, a den

References
  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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