砧骨

Chinese

		base for beating or chopping	bone
trad. (砧骨)		砧	骨
simp. ^#(砧骨)		砧	骨

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhēngǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄣㄍㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zam¹ gwat¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tim-kut

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhēngǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄣㄍㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhengǔ
  - Wade–Giles: chên¹-ku³
  - Yale: jēn-gǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenguu
  - Palladius: чжэньгу (čžɛnʹgu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zam¹ gwat¹
  - Yale: jām gwāt
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzam¹ gwat⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: zem¹ gued¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐm⁵⁵ kʷɐt̚⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tim-kut
  - Tâi-lô: tim-kut
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dimkud
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tim⁴⁴⁻³³ kut̚³²/

Noun

砧骨

(anatomy) anvil; incus; the incus bone in the inner ear

Japanese

Kanji in this term
砧	骨
ちん Jinmeiyō	こつ Grade: 6
kan'on

Kanji in this term
砧	骨
きぬた Jinmeiyō	こつ Grade: 6
yutōyomi

Etymology

砧 (“fulling block”) +‎ 骨 (“bone”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) きぬたこつ [kìnútáꜜkòtsù] (Nakadaka – [3])
IPA^(key): [kʲinɯ̟ta̠ko̞t͡sɨ]

(Tokyo) ちんこつ [chìńkótsú] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [t͡ɕĩŋko̞t͡sɨ]

Noun

砧(きぬた)骨(こつ) or 砧(ちん)骨(こつ) • (kinutakotsu or chinkotsu)

an anvil; an incus (bone in inner ear)
Hypernym: 耳小骨 (jishōkotsu)