If 結婚 is written as 結{けっ}婚{こん} rather than 結{け}っ婚{こん}, why do we write 持{も}って rather than 持{もっ}て?


My question is:

If 結婚 is written as 結{けっ}婚{こん} rather than 結{け}っ婚{こん}, why do we write 持{も}って
rather than 持{もっ}て?




結婚 is a Chinese loanword; 持つ is native Japanese. In chinese loanwords,
sometimes final sounds like つ get contracted to っ〜, but because it's still
結{けつ}, the つ is still "part of" the reading. Often 2-kanji words are chinese
in origin.

In the case of 持って, the っ is a suffix to 持つ's root, 持. 持 on its own doesn't
have a つ sound in it. Same goes for 読む -> 読んで.

On the note of Japanese vs Chinese, you do actually get some words with っ for
2-character compounds that are Japanese in origin. An example is 引{ひ}っ越{こ}し,
moving house. This one again has it because 引く doesn't naturally contain つ is
the Kanji -- the kanji alone with its Japanese reading is ひ (though you would
never say it alone).




結婚 is a Chinese loanword; 持つ is native Japanese. In chinese loanwords,
sometimes final sounds like つ get contracted to っ〜, but because it's still
結{けつ}, the つ is still "part of" the reading. Often 2-kanji words are chinese
in origin.

In the case of 持って, the っ is a suffix to 持つ's root, 持. 持 on its own doesn't
have a つ sound in it. Same goes for 読む -> 読んで.

On the note of Japanese vs Chinese, you do actually get some words with っ for
2-character compounds that are Japanese in origin. An example is 引{ひ}っ越{こ}し,
moving house. This one again has it because 引く doesn't naturally contain つ is
the Kanji -- the kanji alone with its Japanese reading is ひ (though you would
never say it alone).

