炬燵

Japanese

Kanji in this term
炬	燵
こ Hyōgaiji	たつ Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Types of heating and layers of the kotatsu

Alternative forms

火燵

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) こたつ [kòtátsú] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
IPA^(key): [ko̞ta̠t͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

炬(こ)燵(たつ) or 炬燵(コタツ) • (kotatsu)

a charcoal brazier in a floor well
a kotatsu (knee-high table with an electric foot-warmer)

References

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
Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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