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): [ɕo̞ːɰᵝa̠kɯ̟̊ᵝse̞ː]

Noun

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

  1. (astronomy) an asteroid

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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