人絹

Japanese

Kanji in this term
じん
Grade: 1
けん
Grade: 6
on'yomi

Etymology

short for 人造絹糸 (jinzō kenshi)[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) んけん [jìńkéń] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [d͡ʑĩŋkẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

(じん)(けん) • (jinken

  1. rayon

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • 蛋白人絹(たんぱくじんけん) (tanpaku jinken)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN