競歩

Japanese
Kanji in this term
競 歩
きょう
Grade: 4		 ほ
Grade: 2
kan’yōon kan’on
Alternative spelling
競步 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

*/kjauho/ → */kjɔːho/ → /kjoːho/

May be a coinage in Japanese from Middle Chinese-derived roots, as a compound of 競 (kyō, “competition, race”) +‎ 歩 (ho, “walking”).

First appears in texts from 1932.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

競(きょう)歩(ほ) • (kyōho) ←きやうほ (kyaufo)?

  1. racewalking

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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