虫歯
Japanese
edit| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 虫 | 歯 |
| むし Grade: 1 |
は > ば Grade: 3 |
| kun'yomi | |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 蟲齒 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology
editCompound of 虫 (mushi, “worm, bug”) + 歯 (ha, “tooth”).[1][2] The ha changes to ba as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation
editNoun
edit- a bad tooth, dental caries, a cavity
Synonyms
editReferences
editCategories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 虫 read as むし
- Japanese terms spelled with 歯 read as は
- Japanese terms with rendaku
- Japanese terms read with kun'yomi
- Japanese compound terms
- Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese nouns
- Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji
- Japanese terms with 2 kanji
- ja:Dental hygiene