頭高型
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 頭 | 高 | 型 |
| あたま Grade: 2 |
たか > だか Grade: 2 |
かた > がた Grade: 5 |
| kun'yomi | ||
Etymology
Compound of 頭 (atama, “head; start”) + 高 (taka, “high”, rendaku form 高 (daka)) + 型 (-kata, “type”, rendaku form 型 (gata))Category:Japanese compound terms#あたまかたたかCategory:Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#あたまかたたかCategory:Japanese terms with rendaku#あたまかたたかCategory:Japanese terms suffixed with 型 read as かた#あたまかたたかCategory:Japanese terms with rendaku#あたまかたたか, in reference to the first mora of the word (the "head") having the highest pitch.[1]
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) あたまだかがた [àtámádákágátá] (Heiban – [0])
- IPA(key): [a̠ta̠ma̠da̠ka̠ɡa̠ta̠]Category:Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation#あたまたかかた
Noun
頭高型 • (atamadakagataCategory:Japanese links with redundant wikilinks#頭高型Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#頭高型) Category:Japanese lemmas#あたまたかかたCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#あたまたかかたCategory:Japanese nouns#あたまたかかたCategory:Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji#あたまたかかたCategory:Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji#あたまたかかたCategory:Japanese terms spelled with fifth grade kanji#あたまたかかたCategory:Japanese terms with 3 kanji#あたまたかかたCategory:Japanese entries with incorrect language header#あたまたかかたCategory:Pages with entries#頭高型Category:Pages with 1 entry#頭高型
- a pitch accent pattern in Japanese where the first mora is high, followed by an immediate downstep: the first syllable has high pitch and all subsequent syllables have low pitch
- Examples:
- 会う (au, “to meet”)
- かんべん (kanben, “pardon, apology”) (usually written in kanji: 勘弁)
- ホッチキス (hotchikisu, “stapler”)Category:Japanese links with redundant target parameters#頭高型
- Examples:
See also
References
- ↑ “頭高型”, in デジタル大辞泉Category:Japanese links with redundant wikilinks#頭高型 [Digital Daijisen] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months