鍛冶

See also: 锻冶

Chinese

forge; wrought; to discipline smelt
trad. (鍛冶) 鍛 冶
simp. (锻冶) 锻 冶

Pronunciation


Verb

鍛冶

  1. to forge and smelt (metal)
  2. (figurative) to steel oneself or to measure one's words

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (鍛冶):
  • → Japanese: 鍛(たん)冶(や) (tan'ya)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
鍛 冶
かじ
Grade: S Grade: S
jukujikun

⟨kana uti⟩ → ⟨kanuti⟩ → */kaᶮdi/ → /kad͡ʑi/ → /kaʑi/

Shift from Old Japanese 鍛 (kanuti, modern pronunciation kanuchi, literally “forging, smithing”), equivalent to a compound of 金 (kana, ancient combining form of kane, “metal”) +‎ 打ち (uchi, “striking”).[1][2][3]

The kanji spelling is an orthographic borrowing from Chinese 鍛冶/锻冶 (duànyě).

Pronunciation

Noun

鍛冶(かじ) • (kaji) ←かぢ (kadi)?

  1. forging, smithing
    鍛冶(かじ)の神(かみ)、パーフォロス ― Kaji no Kami,Pāforosu ― Purphoros, God of the Forge
  2. a metalsmith, smith
    Synonym: 鍛冶屋 (kajiya)
  3. (historical) Short for 鍛冶司 (kaji no tsukasa): the official imperial court metalsmith or overseer of metalsmiths in the 律令 (Ritsuryō) system of ancient Japan
Derived terms
Idioms
  • 鍛冶(かじ)の明日(あした)に紺屋(こんや)の明後日(あさって) (kaji no ashita ni kon'ya no asatte, “a smith's tomorrow, but a dyer's day after tomorrow”, metaphor for someone who makes promises easily but always breaks them)

Proper noun

鍛冶(かじ) • (Kaji) ←かぢ (kadi)?

  1. a surname

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
鍛 冶
たん
Grade: S
や
Grade: S
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 鍛冶 (MC twanH yaeX, literally “forge + smelt”).

Compare modern Mandarin 锻冶 (duànyě).

Noun

鍛(たん)冶(や) • (tan'ya) 

  1. forging, smithing
  2. a metalsmith, a smith

Verb

鍛(たん)冶(や)する • (tan'ya suru) suru (stem 鍛(たん)冶(や)し (tan'ya shi), past 鍛(たん)冶(や)した (tan'ya shita))

  1. to forge, smith
Conjugation

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 (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. 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
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