Chinese

Noun

小槌

1. small hammer or mallet; gavel

Japanese

小槌 (kozuchi): various hammers or mallets, with the small hammers on the right.

小槌 (kozuchi): a gavel.

Etymology

Compound of 小 ‎(ko, “small”) +‎ 槌 ‎(tsuchi, “hammer, mallet”). The tsuchi changes to zuchi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• (Tokyo) こ​づち [kóꜜzùchì] (Atamadaka - [1])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [ko̞zɯᵝt͡ɕi]

Noun

小槌 ‎(hiragana こづち, romaji kozuchi)

1. a small mallet or hammer
2. (law, legislative) a wooden gavel

Synonyms

• (mallet or hammer in general): 槌 (つち) ‎(tsuchi)
• (wooden mallet): 木槌 (きづち) ‎(kizuchi)

References

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