五十路
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 五 | 十 | 路 |
| い Grade: 1 |
そ Grade: 1 |
ち > じ Grade: 3 |
| kun'yomi | ||
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 五十 |
Etymology
/isodi/ → /isozi/. Shift from earlier いそち (isochi),[1] which is from Old Japanese, a compound of 五十 (iso, “thirty”) + ち (chi, a suffix derived from つ (tsu), an Old Japanese counter). The -chi changes to -ji as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation
Noun
- (uncommon) fifty
- (uncommon) fifty years of age