英和和英

別の表記

• su doku

語源

Borrowed from Japanese 数独 (sūdoku).

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: so͝odō'ko͞o, so͝odŏ'ko͞o, so͝odo͞o'ko͞o, IPA: /sʊˈdəʊku/, /sʊˈdɒku/, /sʊˈduːku/, /sə-/, /suː-/
• (米国発音, Canada) enPR: so͝odō'ku, so͝odŏ'ko͞o, so͝odo͞o'kō, so͝odo͞o'ko͞o, IPA: /sʊˈdoʊku/, /sʊˈdɑku/, /sʊˈdukoʊ/, /sʊˈduku/, /sə-/, /su-/
• (Indic) enPR: so͝odō'ku, IPA: /sʊˈɖoku/

Uncommon pronunciations, approximating Japanese pronunciation:

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: so͝o'dōko͞o, so͝o'dŏko͞o, so͝o'do͞oko͞o, IPA: /ˈsʊdəʊku/, /ˈsʊdɒku/, /ˈsʊduːku/, /ˈsuː-/
• (米国発音, Canada) enPR: so͝o'dōku, so͝o'dŏko͞o, so͝o'do͞okō, so͝o'do͞oko͞o, IPA: /ˈsʊdoʊku/, /ˈsʊdɑku/, /ˈsʊdukoʊ/, /ˈsʊduku/, /ˈsu-/

名詞

sudoku (countable and uncountable, plural sudokus)

1. (games) A type of pencil puzzle played on a square grid, requiring each of the columns, each of the rows, and each of the subregions (called "boxes" or "regions") to contain the lowest whole numbers up to the dimension of the puzzle, usually 1 to 9, once each. The subregions are rectangular or square except in variants.

   Synonym: (US) Number Place

   • 2005 May 23, Eric Pfanner, “Puzzling phenomenon sweeps British papers”, in The New York Times‎, archived from the original on 28 October 2021:

     For Preston is the publishing director at Puzzler Media, which creates magazines filled with puzzles, including one called sudoku that has taken Britain by storm. […] The puzzles are widely available over the Internet because efforts to trademark the name in Britain have not been successful, and you can even download sudokus to mobile phones.

   • 2008, Jan Silvious, Smart Girls Think Twice: Making Wise Choices When It Counts, Thomas Nelson, →ISBN, page 61:

     In fact, anything we do just to kill time—even essentially healthy activities like reading, chatting on the phone, or completing a sudoku puzzle—becomes a 'time thief.

   • 2023 November 3, Siobhan Roberts, “What It Takes to Wear the Sudoku Crown”, in The New York Times‎, archived from the original on 3 November 2023:

     The annual championship event comprises two days of Sudoku, followed by three days of other types of pencil-and-paper logic puzzles. Some of the Sudokus were classics: In a 9-by-9 grid, insert a number from 1 to 9 into each cell so that no number repeats in any row, column or bolded 3-by-3 square region.

派生語

参考

• Cross Sums
• hanjie
• hitori
• kakuro
• Latin square
• magic square
• masyu