化学繊維

Japanese

Kanji in this term
化	学	繊	維
か Grade: 3	がく Grade: 1	せん Grade: S	い Grade: S
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
化學纖維 (kyūjitai)

Alternative forms

(short) 化繊(かせん) (kasen)

Etymology

From 化学(かがく) (kagaku, “chemistry”) + 繊維(せんい) (sen'i, “fiber”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) かがくせんい [kàgákú séꜜǹ'ì] (Nakadaka – [4])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ka̠ɡa̠kɯ̟ sẽ̞ɰ̃i]

Noun

化(か)学(がく)繊(せん)維(い) • (kagaku sen'i) ^{←くわがくせんゐ (kwagaku sen'wi)^?}

chemical fiber

Synonyms

人造繊維(じんぞうせんい) (jinzō sen'i)

Hyponyms

合成繊維(ごうせいせんい) (gōsei sen'i, “synthetic fiber”)
半合成繊維(はんごうせいせんい) (han-gōsei sen'i, “semi-synthetic fiber”)
再生繊維(さいせいせんい) (saisei sen'i)

References

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