"念珠" meaning in Japanese

See 念珠 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [nẽ̞nd͡zɨ] Forms: 念珠 [canonical] (ruby: 念(ねん), 珠(ず)), nenzu [romanization]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese compound 念珠 (nemᴴ t͡ɕio, literally “thinking + pearls”), in reference to “beads used for thinking [about the Buddha]”: that is, prayer beads, a rosary. The goon reading, so likely the earliest borrowing. Note that the second character 珠 has a goon reading of su. The su changes to zu as an instance of rendaku (連濁). Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|-|sort=ねんず}} Middle Chinese, {{ja-l/helper|珠||}} 珠, {{ja-l|珠}} 珠, {{rendaku2|su|zu|sort=ねんず}} The su changes to zu as an instance of rendaku (連濁). Head templates: {{ja-noun|ねんず}} 念(ねん)珠(ず) • (nenzu)
  1. prayer beads, rosary
    Sense id: en-念珠-ja-noun-FVQ0Zf2H Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Japanese terms with rendaku, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Prayer Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with rendaku: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Prayer: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 数珠 (juzu, zuzu)
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [nẽ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑɨ] Forms: 念珠 [canonical] (ruby: 念(ねん), 珠(じゅ)), nenju [romanization]
Etymology: Alteration of nenzu above, using the kan'on reading of shu for the 珠 character. The shu changes to ju as an instance of rendaku (連濁). Etymology templates: {{ja-l/helper|珠||}} 珠, {{ja-l|珠}} 珠, {{rendaku2|shu|ju|sort=ねんじゅ}} The shu changes to ju as an instance of rendaku (連濁). Head templates: {{ja-noun|ねんじゅ}} 念(ねん)珠(じゅ) • (nenju)
  1. prayer beads, rosary
    Sense id: en-念珠-ja-noun-FVQ0Zf2H1 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with rendaku, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Prayer Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with rendaku: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Prayer: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 数珠 (juzu, zuzu)
Etymology number: 2
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Download raw JSONL data for 念珠 meaning in Japanese (3.7kB)

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