赤ずきん

Japanese
Kanji in this term
赤
あか
Grade: 1
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
赤頭巾

Etymology

Compound of 赤 (aka, “red”) +‎ 頭巾 (zukin, “hood”).[1][2][3]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) あかず​きん [àkázúꜜkìǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])[3][4]
  • IPA(key): [a̠ka̠zɨᵝkʲĩɴ]

Noun

赤(あか)ずきん • (akazukin) ←あかづきん (akadukin)?

  1. any red hood or headscarf
  2. (historical) a red head covering for children suffering from chicken pox or other rashes, as the red color was thought to ease symptoms
  3. (historical) a red hood or headscarf worn as punishment for violating the rules of a village

Proper noun

赤(あか)ずきん • (Akazukin) ←あかづきん (Akadukin)?

  1. Little Red Riding Hood

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 (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. 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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