炬燵

Japanese

Kanji in this term
炬	燵
こ Hyōgaiji	たつ Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Types of heating and layers of the kotatsu

Alternative forms

火燵

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) こたつ [kòtátsú] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
- IPA^(key): [ko̞ta̠t͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

炬燵 (hiragana こたつ, katakana コタツ, rōmaji kotatsu)

a charcoal brazier in a floor well
a kotatsu (knee-high table with an electric foot-warmer)

References

1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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