Chinese

Noun

叔父

1. uncle (father's younger brother)

Japanese

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) おじ [òjí] (Heiban - [0])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [o̞d͡ʑi]

Noun

叔父 ‎(hiragana おじ, romaji oji)

1. uncle (younger than one’s parent)

Coordinate terms

• 叔母 (おば) ‎(oba): aunt (younger than one’s parent)
• 伯母 (おば) ‎(oba): aunt (older than one’s parent)
• 伯父 (おじ) ‎(oji): uncle (older than one’s parent)

Related terms

• 伯父 (おじ) ‎(oji): uncle (older than one’s parent)
• おじさん ‎(ojisan): uncle (polite)
• 小父 (おじ)さん ‎(ojisan): man, old man, mister

References

1. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3
2. ↑ 1974, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Second Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō