独鈷

Japanese

Kanji in this term
独	鈷
どく > どっ Grade: 5	こ Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
獨鈷 (kyūjitai)

Kanji in this term
独	鈷
とく > とっ Grade: 5	こ Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
獨鈷 (kyūjitai)

Alternative forms

独股, 独古

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 独鈷 (duwk gu?).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) とっこ [tòkkó] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
(Tokyo) とっこ [tóꜜkkò] (Atamadaka – [1])[2][3]
IPA^(key): [to̞k̚ko̞]

(Tokyo) どっこ [dòkkó] (Heiban – [0])
(Tokyo) どっこ [dóꜜkkò] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [do̞k̚ko̞]

Noun

独(とっ)鈷(こ) • (tokko) ^{←とくこ (tokuko)^?} (alternative reading hiragana どっこ, rōmaji dokko, historical hiragana どくこ)

(Buddhism) Synonym of 金剛杵 (kongōsho, “vajra”) (mace and symbol)
a pattern for cloth, consisting of interlocking tokko shapes

Usage notes

Historically, it appears that this word may have also been read as tokuko and toko. However, these alternative readings seem to be rare and possibly obsolete, and modern dictionaries may not include them.

References

1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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[NHK-1] 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

[DJR-2] 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[SMK5-3] 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN