決まり字

Japanese

Examples (Hyakunin Isshu)
33. ひさかたの光のどけき春の日に静心なく花の散るなむ Hisakata no hikari nodokeki haru no hi ni shizugokoro naku hana no chiruran 35. 人はいさ心も知らずふるさとは花ぞ昔の香ににほひける Hito wa isa kokoro mo shirazu furusato wa hana zo mukashi no ka ni nioikeru 99. 人もをし人も恨めしあぢきなく世を思ふゆゑに物思ふ身は Hito mo oshi hito mo urameshi ajikinaku yo o omou yue mono-omou mi wa

Kanji in this term
決	字
き Grade: 3	じ Grade: 1
kun’yomi	goon

Alternative spelling
決り字

Etymology

From 決まり (kimari, the 連用形 (ren’yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 決まる (kimaru), “to be concluded or decided”) +‎ 字 (ji, “character”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) きまりじ [kìmáríjí] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) きまり​じ [kìmáríꜜjì] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [kʲima̠ɾʲiʑi]

Noun

決(き)まり字(じ) • (kimariji) 

1. (card games) in 歌ガルタ (uta-garuta), the beginning character(s) that uniquely identify a poem