Chinese

Japanese

Pronunciation

• On'yomi: Kan'on
• (Tokyo) こっとう [kòttóó] (Heiban - [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [ko̞t̚to̞ː]

Noun

骨董 ‎(hiragana こっとう, romaji kottō)

1. antique, curio
   • 1906, 夏目漱石, 草枕:

     「父 (ちち)が骨董 (こっとう)が大好 (だいす)きですから、だいぶいろいろなものがあります。

     “Chichi ga kottō ga daisuki desu kara, daibu iroiro na mono ga arimasu.

     My father loves curios so he has everything you could imagine.

Derived terms

• 骨董品 (こっとうひん) ‎(kottōhin)

References

1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9