星砂

Japanese

Kanji in this term
星 砂
ほし
Grade: 2 		すな > ずな
Grade: 6
kun'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 星 (hoshi, “star”) +‎ 砂 (suna, “sand”), literally “star sand”. The suna changes to zuna as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ほしずな [hòshízúná] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ho̞ɕizɨna̠]

Noun

星(ほし)砂(ずな) • (hoshizuna) 

  1. sand made up of little star-shaped shells (Baculogypsina sphaerulata)

References

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