Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shoji

/ʃˈoʊdʒi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.27 in modern English

Syllables: sho-ji
IPA: /ʃˈoʊdʒi/

15

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A door or partition consisting of a wooden frame covered in rice paper, used in traditional Japanese architecture.

name

A male given name from Japanese.

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 障子 (shōji).

Origin

Source language: Japanese

Word Breakdown

Root: しょうじ

Inflected Forms

shojis (plural) shojii (alternative) soji (alternative) sojii (alternative)

Rhymes With

koji logie

Questions

How do you pronounce shoji?: The recorded pronunciation is /ʃˈoʊdʒi/.
What does shoji mean?: A door or partition consisting of a wooden frame covered in rice paper, used in traditional Japanese architecture.
Where does shoji come from?: It is traced to Japanese.

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