Translingual

Han character

歯 (radical 77 止+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 卜一山火木 (YMUFD), composition ⿱止⿶凵米)

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 576, character 42
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16323
• Dae Jaweon: page 967, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1443, character 16
• Unihan data for U+6B6F

Chinese

Japanese

Kanji

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 齒)

1. tooth
2. age

Readings

• Goon: し (shi)
• Kan’on: し (shi)
• Kun: は (ha), よわい (yowai), よわいする (yowaisuru)

Compounds

Etymology 1

pa > ɸa > ha.

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• (Tokyo) は​ [háꜜ] (Atamadaka - [1])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [ha̠]

Noun

歯 ‎(shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 齒, hiragana は, romaji ha)

1. tooth
   • 1603–1604, Nippo Jisho (page 191)

     Fa. ハ (歯). Faga iru, l, ita. (歯が齭る, または, 齭た) 歯が浮く. Fauo nuqu. (歯を抜く) 歯を抜き取る. Faga nuquru. (歯が抜くる) 歯が抜けて落ちる. Fauo camu. (歯を嚙む) 歯をかみしめる, 合わせ閉じる. Fauo dasu. (歯を出す) 怒って歯をむき出す. Faga vqu. (歯が浮く) 歯が浮く, または, ぐらぐらする. Faga yurugu. (歯が揺ぐ) 歯が動く. Fauo curomuru. l, caneuo tçuquru. (歯を黒むる. または, 鉄漿を付くる) 歯を黒く染める.

Etymology 2

From Middle Chinese 齒 ‎(tsyhi^X).

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• (Tokyo) し​ [shíꜜ] (Atamadaka - [1])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [ɕi]

Noun

歯 ‎(shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 齒, hiragana し, romaji shi)

1. tooth
2. age

Derived terms

• 歯 (し)を没 (ぼっ)す ‎(shi o bossu): die

Etymology 3

yopapi > yoɸaɸi > yowawi > yowai.

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• (Tokyo) よわい [yòwáí] (Heiban - [0])^[1][2]
• (Tokyo) よわ​い [yòwáꜜì] (Nakadaka - [2])^[2]
• IPA^(key): [jo̞ɰᵝa̠i]

Alternative forms

• 齢

Noun

歯 ‎(shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 齒, hiragana よわい, romaji yowai, historical hiragana よはひ)

1. age

References

1. 1 2 3 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
2. 1 2 3 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

• Doi, Tadao (1603–1604) Hōyaku Nippo Jisho (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, ISBN 978-4-00-080021-1, published 1980.

Okinawan

Kanji

歯

• Kun: はー (hā)

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Japonic pa. Cognate with Kunigami phaá, Middle Japanese ɸa, and modern Japanese ha.

Noun

歯 ‎(hiragana はー, romaji hā)

1. tooth

Compounds

References

• Doi, Tadao (1603–1604) Hōyaku Nippo Jisho (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, ISBN 978-4-00-080021-1, published 1980.