銀河

See also: 银河

Chinese

silver; money river
trad. (銀河)
simp. (银河)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (31) (33)
Final () (44) (94)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III I
Fanqie
Baxter ngin ha
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ŋˠiɪn/ /ɦɑ/
Pan
Wuyun
/ŋᵚin/ /ɦɑ/
Shao
Rongfen
/ŋien/ /ɣɑ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ŋjin/ /ɦa/
Li
Rong
/ŋjĕn/ /ɣɑ/
Wang
Li
/ŋǐĕn/ /ɣɑ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ŋi̯ĕn/ /ɣɑ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yín
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ngan4 ho4

Proper noun

銀河

  1. (astronomy) Milky Way

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (銀河):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ぎん
Grade: 3
か > が
Grade: 5
kan’on

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 銀河 (MC ngin ha). Literally “silvery river”, compare the visual analogy inherent in English Milky Way.

First cited to the 751 poetry anthology 懐風藻 (Kaifūsō).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) んが [gíꜜǹgà] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA(key): [ɡʲĩŋɡa̠]

Proper noun

(ぎん)() • (Ginga) 

  1. (astronomy) Synonym of 銀河系 (Gingakei, Milky Way): the Galaxy
    • 1987 May 1 [1987 March 20], Fujiko Fujio, “(ろう)(ねん)()(おわ) ((ろう)(ねん)()(おわ)) [The End of Old Age]”, in みどりの守り神 [Green Guardian God] (藤子不二雄 SF全短編; 2), 2nd edition, volume 2 (fiction), Tokyo: Chuokoronsha, →ISBN, 第二章, page 528:
      ついにぼくはやりとげたんだ‼お(かあ)さん!()(きゅう)のみんな‼(ぎん)()(ちゅう)(しん)までたどり()きましたよ‼
      Tsui ni boku wa yaritogeta n da‼ Okāsan! Chikyū no minna‼ Ginga no chūshin made tadoritsukimashita yo‼
      I’ve finally done it!! Mother! Everyone on Earth!! I’ve reached the center of the Galaxy!!

Noun

(ぎん)() • (ginga) 

  1. (astronomy) a galaxy

Derived terms

References

  1. 銀河”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, Nihon Kokugo Daijiten) (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

銀河 • (eunha) (hangeul 은하)

  1. Hanja form? of 은하 (galaxy).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Proper noun

銀河

  1. chữ Hán form of Ngân Hà (Milky Way).
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