小槌

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	hammer; mallet; pestle
trad. (小槌)		小	槌
simp. ^#(小槌)		小	槌

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiǎochuí

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄔㄨㄟˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎochuí
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄔㄨㄟˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siǎochuéi
  - Wade–Giles: hsiao³-chʻui²
  - Yale: syǎu-chwéi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheauchwei
  - Palladius: сяочуй (sjaočuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯eɪ̯³⁵/

Noun

小槌

small hammer or mallet; gavel

Japanese

小槌 (kozuchi): various hammers or mallets, with the small hammers on the right.

小槌 (kozuchi): a gavel.

Kanji in this term
小	槌
こ Grade: 1	つち > づち Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 小 (ko, “small”) +‎ 槌 (tsuchi, “hammer, mallet”). The tsuchi changes to zuchi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) こづち [kóꜜzùchì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
IPA^(key): [ko̞zɨᵝt͡ɕi]

Noun

小(こ)槌(づち) • (kozuchi)

a small mallet or hammer
(law, legislative) a wooden gavel

Synonyms

(mallet or hammer in general): 槌(つち) (tsuchi)
(wooden mallet): 木槌(きづち) (kizuchi)

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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