also: はしご
noun
Rare reading ていし for 梯子, which normally means ladder. In modern Japanese, はしご is used instead.
See also: はしご
古い文献では「梯子」を「ていし」と読む例がある。
In old documents, there are examples where 梯子 is read as ていし.
noun
Rare reading ていし for 梯子, which can also mean stairs. This usage is archaic; modern Japanese uses 階段 or はしご.
See also: はしご
「梯子」を「ていし」と読んで階段の意味で使うことは、現代ではまずない。
Using 梯子 read as ていし to mean stairs is almost never done in modern times.
The common modern word for ladder or stairs, written in kana. 梯子 (ていし) is a rare, archaic reading of the same kanji.
The standard modern word for stairs. 梯子 (ていし) in the sense of stairs is archaic and replaced by 階段.
The kanji 梯 (ladder) and 子 (child/small thing) combine to form 梯子, originally meaning ladder. The reading ていし is the on'yomi, but the word is now almost exclusively read as はしご, the native Japanese reading.