二字銘

Japanese
Kanji in this term
二 字 銘
に
Grade: 1		 じ
Grade: 1		 めい
Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 二字 (niji, “two characters”) +‎ 銘 (mei, “inscription”).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) にじ​めー [nìjíꜜmèè] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɲ̟iʑime̞ː]

Noun

二(に)字(じ)銘(めい) • (nijimei) 

  1. (swords) an inscription of two characters

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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