Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

genkan

[ˈɡɛŋkɑn]

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: genkan
IPA: [ˈɡɛŋkɑn]

11

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The entryway to a Japanese house, where street shoes are removed and houseshoes put on before entering the house, and houseshoes removed and street shoes put on before leaving the house.

Etymology

From Japanese 玄関(げんかん) (genkan), from Middle Chinese 玄關 (MC hwen kwaen, literally “front door”).

Origin

Source language: Japanese

Word Breakdown

Root: -

Inflected Forms

genkans (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce genkan?: The recorded pronunciation is [ˈɡɛŋkɑn].
What does genkan mean?: The entryway to a Japanese house, where street shoes are removed and houseshoes put on before entering the house, and houseshoes removed and street shoes put on before leaving the house.
Where does genkan come from?: It is traced to Japanese.

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