小槌

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	hammer; mallet; pestle
trad. (小槌)		小	槌
simp. #(小槌)		小	槌

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎochuí

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄔㄨㄟˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎochuí
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄔㄨㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎochuéi
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao³-chʻui²
    • Yale: syǎu-chwéi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheauchwei
    • Palladius: сяочуй (sjaočuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯eɪ̯³⁵/

Noun

小槌

1. small hammer or mallet; gavel

Japanese

小槌 (kozuchi): various hammers or mallets, with the small hammers on the right.

小槌 (kozuchi): a gavel.

Kanji in this term
小	槌
こ Grade: 1	つち > づち Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 小 (ko, “small”) +‎ 槌 (tsuchi, “hammer, mallet”). The tsuchi changes to zuchi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こ​づち [kóꜜzùchì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞zɨᵝt͡ɕi]

Noun

小(こ)槌(づち) • (kozuchi) 

1. a small mallet or hammer
2. (law, legislative) a wooden gavel

Synonyms

• (mallet or hammer in general): 槌(つち) (tsuchi)
• (wooden mallet): 木槌(きづち) (kizuchi)