水底
Chinese
water; river | background; bottom; base background; bottom; base; (possessive part.); (subor. part.) | ||
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trad. (水底) | 水 | 底 | |
simp. #(水底) | 水 | 底 |
Pronunciation
Japanese
Etymology 1
Kanji in this term | |
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水 | 底 |
みず Grade: 1 |
そこ Grade: 4 |
kun’yomi |
Compound of Old Japanese elements 水 (mizu, “water”) + 底 (soko, “bottom”).[1][2]
Etymology 2
Kanji in this term | |
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水 | 底 |
み Grade: 1 |
そこ > ぞこ Grade: 4 |
kun’yomi |
Kanji in this term | |
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水 | 底 |
み Grade: 1 |
そこ Grade: 4 |
kun’yomi |
Compound of Old Japanese elements 水 (mi, “water”) + な (na, Old Japanese possessive particle) + 底 (soko, “bottom”).[1][2]
Sometimes also read as minazoko. The soko changes to zoko as an instance of rendaku (連濁).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
水底 • (minasoko) (alternative reading hiragana みなぞこ, rōmaji minazoko)
- the bottom or bed of a body of water
Etymology 3
Kanji in this term | |
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水 | 底 |
すい Grade: 1 |
てい Grade: 4 |
on’yomi |
From Middle Chinese compound 水底 (sywijX *děi, literally “water bottom”). Compare modern Mandarin 水底 (shuǐdǐ).
Derived terms
- 水底線 (suiteisen): an underwater cable, such as on the seabed or a riverbed
- 水底植物 (suitei shokubutsu): a benthophyte: a plant that grows on the bed of a body of water
References
- Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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