原子時計

Japanese

Kanji in this term
原 子 時 計
げん
Grade: 2 		し
Grade: 1 		と > ど
Grade: 2 		けい
Grade: 2
on'yomi irregular kan'on

Etymology

Compound of 原(げん)子(し) (genshi) + 時(と)計(けい) (tokei). The tokei changes to dokei as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) げんしどけー [gèńshídóꜜkèè] (Nakadaka – [4])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [ɡẽ̞ɰ̃ɕido̞ke̞ː]

Noun

原(げん)子(し)時(ど)計(けい) • (genshidokei) 

  1. atomic clock (not to be confused with radio clock)

References

  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
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