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受話器 (じゅわき): (telephone) receiver — Japanese vocabulary

受話器 is read じゅわき and means "(telephone) receiver". JLPT N2 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

受話器

Reading
じゅわき · juwaki
Translation
(telephone) receiver
Level
JLPT N2
Pitch accent
じゅわきが

Example

彼は急いで受話器を置いた。

かれはいそいでじゅわきをおいた。

He put the phone down in haste.

Kanji in this word

  • 受 — receive
  • 話 — speak, story
  • 器 — Utensil, Vessel, Receptacle

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