複数

See also: 复数 and 複數

Japanese

Kanji in this term
複	数
ふく Grade: 5	すう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
複數 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ふくすう [fùkúsúꜜù] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟̊kɯ̟sɨː]

Noun

複(ふく)数(すう) • (fukusū)

multipleness, manyness
複(ふく)数(すう)の言(げん)語(ご)
fukusū no gengo
multiple languages
(grammar) the plural number

Coordinate terms

単数(たんすう) (tansū), 双数(そうすう) (sōsū), 複数(ふくすう) (fukusū)

Derived terms

複(ふく)数(すう)形(けい) (fukusūkei, “plural form”)
複(ふく)数(すう)為替(かわせ)制(せい)度(ど) (fukusū kawase seido)

See also

単複(たんぷく) (tanpuku)

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
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Kitahara, Yasuo, editor (2002), 明鏡国語辞典 [Meikyō Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, →ISBN