積木

See also: 积木 and 積み木

Chinese
 
to amass; to accumulate; to store
to amass; to accumulate; to store; old; long-standing
 tree; wood
trad. (積木) 積 木
simp. (积木) 积 木
積木

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 積(つ)み木(き) (tsumiki, “building block”)

Pronunciation

Noun

積木

  1. (countable) building block (children's toy) (Classifier: 塊／块 m)

Japanese

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
積 木
つ(み)
Grade: 4		 き
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Compound of 積み (tsumi, “building up, piling up”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 積む (tsumu, “to build up, to pile up”)) +‎ 木 (ki, “wood”).[1][2]

For pronunciation and definitions of 積木 – see the following entry.
【積つみ木き】
[noun] a building block (children's toy)
(This term, 積木, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [t͡sɨᵝmʲikʲi]

Proper noun

積(つみ)木(き) • (Tsumiki) 

  1. a surname
Usage notes

The surname is spelled without the okurigana み (mi).

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
積 木
つ(む)
Grade: 4		 き
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Compound of 積む (tsumu, “to build up, to pile up”) +‎ 木 (ki, “wood”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [t͡sɨᵝmɯ̟ᵝkʲi]

Proper noun

積(つむ)木(き) • (Tsumuki) 

  1. a surname
Usage notes

The surname is spelled without the okurigana む (mu).

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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