宝貝

Japanese

Kanji in this term
宝	貝
たから Grade: 6	かい > がい Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology

From 宝 (takara, “precious”) +‎ 貝 (kai, “shellfish”). Compare Chinese 寶貝.

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) たからがい [tàkáráꜜgàì] (Nakadaka – [3])
- IPA^(key): [ta̠ka̠ɾa̠ɡa̠i]

Noun

宝貝 (hiragana たからがい, katakana タカラガイ, rōmaji takaragai, historical hiragana たからがひ, historical katakana タカラガヒ)

a cowry

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