槌骨

Japanese

Kanji in this term
槌	骨
つい Jinmeiyō	こつ Grade: 6
kan’on

Kanji in this term
槌	骨
つち Jinmeiyō	こつ Grade: 6
yutōyomi

Etymology

槌 (“hammer”) +‎ 骨 (“bone”), calque of New Latin malleus

Pronunciation

Yutōyomi

(Tokyo) つちこつ [tsùchíꜜkòtsù] (Nakadaka – [2])
IPA^(key): [t͡sɨ̥ᵝt͡ɕi̥ko̞t͡sɨᵝ]

On’yomi: Kan’on

(Tokyo) ついこつ [tsúꜜìkòtsù] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [t͡sɨᵝiko̞t͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

槌(つち)骨(こつ) or 槌(つい)骨(こつ) • (tsuchikotsu or tsuikotsu)

a malleus (small hammer-shaped bone of the middle ear)
Hypernym: 耳小骨 (jishōkotsu)

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