大宇宙

Chinese
 
big; great; huge
big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
 
universe; cosmos; macrocosm
universe; cosmos; macrocosm; space; roof, ridgepole and beams
simp. and trad.
(大宇宙)		 大 宇宙

Pronunciation

Noun

大宇宙

  1. (philosophy) macrocosm
    Antonym: 小宇宙 (xiǎoyǔzhòu)

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (大宇宙):
  • → Japanese: 大宇宙(だいうちゅう) (daiuchū)
  • → Korean: 대우주(大宇宙) (dae'uju)

Japanese
Kanji in this term
大 宇 宙
だい
Grade: 1		 う
Grade: 6		 ちゅう
Grade: 6
on’yomi

Etymology

A calque of German Makrokosmos, equivalent to 大(だい) (dai) + 宇(う)宙(ちゅう) (uchū).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [da̠iɯ̟ᵝt͡ɕɨᵝː]

Noun

大(だい)宇(う)宙(ちゅう) • (daiuchū) 

  1. (philosophy) macrocosm[2]

Antonyms

References
  1. Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  2. 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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