連れ子

Japanese
Kanji in this term
連 子
つ
Grade: 4		 こ
Grade: 1
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
連れっ子
連子
Kanji in this term
連 子
つ
Grade: 4		 こ > ご
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 連れ (tsure, “coming or going with, accompanying”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 連れる (tsureru, “to come or go with, to accompany”)) +‎ 子 (ko, “child”).[1][2][3][4]

Also found with the geminate reading tsurekko. This latter form is attested from at least 1900.[1]

Also found with the voiced reading tsurego.[5] This appears to be less common, and is not listed in various references.[1][2][3][4][6]

Pronunciation

Common:

Geminate:

  • (Tokyo) つれっこ [tsùrékkó] (Heiban – [0])[3][6]
  • IPA(key): [t͡sɨᵝɾe̞k̚ko̞]

Uncommon voiced:

  • IPA(key): [t͡sɨᵝɾe̞ɡo̞]

Noun

連(つ)れ子(こ) or 連(つ)れ子(っこ) or 連(つ)れ子(ご) • (tsureko or tsurekko or tsurego) 

  1. stepchild, child from previous marriage

Synonyms

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. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. “連れ子”, in 日本大百科全書：ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, “Encyclopedia Nipponica”)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984
  6. 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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