財布

Japanese
Kanji in this term
財 布
さい
Grade: 5		 ふ
Grade: 5
kan’on goon

Etymology

Appears to be a Japanese coinage based on Middle Chinese-derived roots, as a compound of 財 (sai, “wealth, money”) +‎ 布 (fu, “cloth [pouch]”). Found in texts starting from 1675.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

財(さい)布(ふ) • (saifu) 

  1. a container for one's money: a wallet, a coin purse, a billfold, a pocketbook
    私(わたし)は財布(さいふ)をなくしました。
    Watashi wa saifu o nakushimashita.
    I lost my wallet.

See also

References
  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  4. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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