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知育玩具 (ちいくがんぐ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

知ち育いく玩がん具ぐ

also: ちいくおもちゃ

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Meanings

1

educational toy

Refers to toys designed to stimulate intellectual development in children, such as puzzles, blocks, and learning games.

この知ち育いく玩がん具ぐは、子こ供どもの創そう造ぞう力りょくを伸のばすのに

役やく

立だ

ち

ます

。

This educational toy helps develop children's creativity.

誕たん生じょう日びに知ち育いくおもちゃをプレゼントした。

I gave an educational toy as a birthday present.

Kanji

知know, wisdom
育bring up, grow up, raise
玩play, take pleasure in, trifle with
具tool, utensil, means

Built from

知ち育いく+玩がん具ぐ

Written forms

知育玩具
- ちいくがんぐ
  Standard kanji spelling.
- ちいくおもちゃ
知ち育いくおもちゃ
Mixed kanji-kana spelling; the reading ちいくおもちゃ is common in everyday contexts.
ちいくおもちゃ

Etymology

Compound of 知育 (chiiku, 'intellectual education') and 玩具 (gangu, 'toy'). The alternative reading ちいくおもちゃ uses the native Japanese word おもちゃ for 'toy'.