狡賢い

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ずる
Hyōgaiji
かしこ > がしこ
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compound of 狡い (zurui, tricky, cunning, devious) + 賢い (kashikoi, smart, clever, intelligent).[1][2][3][4] The kashikoi changes to gashikoi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

The spelling ずる賢い is more common than 狡賢い, due to the character falling into disuse.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) るがしこ [zùrúgáshíkóꜜì] (Nakadaka – [5])[2][4]
  • IPA(key): [d͡zɨᵝɾɯ̟ᵝɡa̠ɕiko̞i]

Adjective

(ずる)(がしこ) (zurugashikoi) -i (adverbial (ずる)(がしこ) (zurugashikoku))

  1. sly, cunning

Inflection

References

  1. 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  4. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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