聞きき伝づたえ

Written forms

• 聞き伝え
  • ききづたえ

    Standard kanji spelling. The reading ききづたえ is the most common pronunciation.

  • ききつたえ

    Alternate reading; less common than ききづたえ.

• ききつたえ

Etymology

Compound of 聞き (kiki, 'hearing', the continuative form of 聞く) and 伝え (tsutae, 'transmission', from 伝える). The reading ききづたえ results from rendaku voicing of つたえ to づたえ.