男の子

Japanese
Kanji in this term
男 子
おとこ
Grade: 1		 こ
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 男 (otoko, “man; male”) +‎ の (no, appositional particle) +‎ 子 (ko, “child”).[1][2][3]

First cited to a text from 1711.[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) おとこ​のこ [òtókóꜜnòkò] (Nakadaka – [3])[3][4]
  • IPA(key): [o̞to̞ko̞no̞ko̞]

Noun

男(おとこ)の子(こ) • (otokonoko) 

  1. [from 1711] a boy

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References
  1. “男の子”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. “男の子”, in デジタル大辞泉 (Dejitaru Daijisen)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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