公害

Chinese

just; honourable; public
just; honourable; public; common; fair; duke; mister
 
to do harm to; to cause trouble to; harm
to do harm to; to cause trouble to; harm; evil; calamity
 
trad. (公害)
simp. #(公害)

Pronunciation


Noun

公害

  1. social effects of pollution; environmental pollution
  2. public nuisance or hazard

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (公害):
  • Japanese: (こう)(がい) (kōgai)
  • Korean: 공해(公害) (gonghae)

Others:

  • Zhuang: goenghaih

Japanese

Kanji in this term
こう
Grade: 2
がい
Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

(こう)(がい) • (kōgai

  1. pollution
  2. public nuisance

References

  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

公害 • (gonghae) (hangeul 공해)

  1. hanja form? of 공해