分岐点

Japanese

Kanji in this term
分	岐	点
ぶん Grade: 2	き Grade: 4	てん Grade: 2
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
分岐點 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 分岐 (bunki, “divergence, bifurcation”) +‎ 点 (ten, “point”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ぶんきてん [bùńkíꜜtèǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [bɯ̟̃ŋʲkʲi̥tẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

分(ぶん)岐(き)点(てん) • (bunkiten)

junction, crossroads

Derived terms

損益分岐点(そんえきぶんきてん) (son'eki bunkiten)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ 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