鍛冶 - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

See also: 锻冶

鍛冶

1. to forge and smelt (metal)
2. (figurative) to steel oneself or to measure one's words

⟨kana uti⟩ → ⟨kanuti⟩ → */kaᶮdi/ → /kad͡ʑi/ → /kaʑi/

Shift from Old Japanese 鍛 (kanuti, modern pronunciation kanuchi, literally “forging, smithing”), equivalent to a compound of 金 (kana, ancient combining form of kane, “metal”) +‎ 打ち (uchi, “striking”).^[1][2][3]

The kanji spelling is an orthographic borrowing from Chinese 鍛冶／锻冶 (duànyě).

• (Tokyo) かじ [káꜜjì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[3][4]
• IPA^(key): [ka̠ʑi]

鍛冶(かじ) • (kaji) ^{←かぢ (kadi)?}

1. forging, smithing

   鍛冶(かじ)の神(かみ)、パーフォロス ― Kaji no Kami,Pāforosu ― Purphoros, God of the Forge

2. a metalsmith, smith

   Synonym: 鍛冶屋 (kajiya)

3. (historical) Short for 鍛冶司 (kaji no tsukasa): the official imperial court metalsmith or overseer of metalsmiths in the 律令 (Ritsuryō) system of ancient Japan

• 鍛冶(かじ)の明日(あした)に紺屋(こんや)の明後日(あさって) (kaji no ashita ni kon'ya no asatte, “a smith's tomorrow, but a dyer's day after tomorrow”, metaphor for someone who makes promises easily but always breaks them)

鍛冶(かじ) • (Kaji) ^{←かぢ (Kadi)?}

1. a surname

From Middle Chinese 鍛冶 (MC twanH yaeX, literally “forge + smelt”).

Compare modern Mandarin 锻冶 (duànyě).

鍛(たん)冶(や) • (tan'ya) 

1. forging, smithing
2. a metalsmith, a smith

鍛(たん)冶(や)する • (tan'ya suru) suru (stem 鍛(たん)冶(や)し (tan'ya shi), past 鍛(たん)冶(や)した (tan'ya shita))

1. to forge, smith