noun

  1. original spelling or kana usage.
  2. spelling in original language (for words transliterated into another language or script).

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
原綴り もとつづり
原綴
原綴 もとつづり
げん
てつ
原綴 げんてつ

Contained Kanji Breakdown

meadow, original, primitive
ゲン はら わら (2nd, N3)
wild goose, trailing cliff radical (no. 27)
カン かりがね (Kentei 1)
spring, fountain
セン ぜん いずみ (6th, N2)
white
しろ ハク しら- (1st, N5)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
day, sun, Japan
ひ にっ ニチ (1st, N5)
water
みず スイ み (1st, N5)
compose, spell, write
つづ.る つづり と.じる (Kentei Pre-1)
thread
いと シ (1st, N2)
short thread radical (no. 52)
ヨウ ちいさい (Kentei 1)
little, small
ショウ こ- ちい.さい (1st, N5)
feathered stick, barb radical (no. 6)
ケツ かぎ (Kentei 1)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)
concatenate, compose, covered in a gauze like net
テイ テツ テチ
pair, set, comparison
ソウ ふた たぐい (8th, N2)
or again, furthermore, on the other hand
また ユウ やす (8th, N1)