歯医者

Japanese

Kanji in this term
歯	医	者
は Grade: 3	い Grade: 3	しゃ Grade: 3
kun'yomi	on'yomi

Alternative spelling
齒醫者 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 歯 (ha, “tooth, teeth”) +‎ 医者 (isha, “doctor”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) はいしゃ [háꜜìshà] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ha̠iɕa̠]

Noun

歯(は)医(い)者(しゃ) • (haisha)

dentist

Synonyms

歯科医(しかい) (shikai)

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.