積み木

Japanese
Kanji in this term
積 木
つ
Grade: 4		 き
Grade: 1
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
積木
積み木 (tsumiki): a child's building blocks.

Etymology

Compound of 積み (tsumi, “building up, piling up”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 積む (tsumu, “to build up, to pile up”)) +‎ 木 (ki, “wood”).[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) つみき [tsùmíkí] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA(key): [t͡sɨᵝmʲikʲi]

Noun

積(つ)み木(き) • (tsumiki) 

  1. a building block (children's toy)
    子(こ)供(ども)は積(つ)み木(き)で遊(あそ)ぶ
    kodomo wa tsumiki de asobu
    children play with building blocks

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
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