骨牌

Chinese

bone
cards; game pieces; signboard
cards; game pieces; signboard; plate; tablet
 
trad. (骨牌)
simp. #(骨牌)

Pronunciation


Noun

骨牌

  1. domino
  2. (dialectal Mandarin) mahjong

Synonyms

Derived terms

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
こつ > こっ
Grade: 6
はい > ぱい
Hyōgai
kan'on

Borrowing from Mandarin 骨牌 (gǔpái, Chinese-style dominoes).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) っぱい [kòppáí] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA(key): [ko̞p̚pa̠i]

Noun

(こっ)(ぱい) • (koppai

  1. (card games) playing cards
    Synonym: カルタ (karuta)
  2. (mahjong) mahjong tiles made from animal bone
Derived terms
  • 骨牌(こっぱい)(ぜい) (koppai-zei)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
かるた
Grade: 6 Hyōgai
jukujikun
For pronunciation and definitions of 骨牌 – see the following entry.
カルタ
[noun] (card games) playing cards, especially Japanese traditional playing cards
[noun] any of several games played with such cards
Alternative spellings
歌留多, 加留多, かるた
(This term, 骨牌, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Derived terms

  • (はな)骨牌(ガルタ) (hana-garuta)
  • 西(せい)(よう)骨牌(カルタ) (seiyō karuta)
  • (よみ)骨牌(ガルタ), ()骨牌(ガルタ) (yomi-garuta)

References

  1. ^ 骨牌”, in 改訂新版 世界大百科事典 (Kaitei Shinpan Sekai Dai-hyakka Jiten, Heibonsha World Encyclopedia Revised Edition)[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Heibonsha, 2007, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN