竜頭

Japanese
Kanji in this term
竜 頭
たつ
Grade: S		 かしら > がしら
Grade: 2
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
龍頭 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

竜(たつ) (tatsu, “dragon”) + 頭(かしら) (kashira, “head”). The kashira changes to gashira as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) たつが​しら [tàtsúgáꜜshìrà] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • (Tokyo) たつがしら [tàtsúgáshírá] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ta̠t͡sɨᵝɡa̠ɕiɾa̠]

Noun

竜(たつ)頭(がしら) • (tatsugashira) 

  1. an ornament in the shape of a dragon's head

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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