小惑星

Japanese

Kanji in this term
小 惑 星
しょう
Grade: 1 		わく
Grade: S 		せい
Grade: 2
on'yomi goon kan'on

Etymology

From 小 (shō-, “small; little”) +‎ 惑星 (wakusei, “planet”).[1] Compare Chinese 小行星 (xiǎoxíngxīng), Korean 소행성 (sohaengseong), Vietnamese tiểu hành tinh.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) しょーわくせー [shòówáꜜkùsèè] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [ɕo̞ːβ̞a̠kɯ̟̊se̞ː]

Noun

小(しょう)惑(わく)星(せい) • (shōwakusei) ←せうわくせい (seuwakusei)?

  1. (astronomy) an asteroid

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
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