電気

See also: 電氣 and 电气

Japanese

Kanji in this term
でん
Grade: 2

Grade: 1
goon kan’on
Alternative spellings
電氣 (kyūjitai)
𬇐 (rare)

Etymology

Borrowed from Chinese 電氣电气 (diànqì, electricity),[1] attested since the 1850s.[2]

The electric light sense arose from a contraction of 電気灯 (denkitō), itself from this same 電気 (denki, electricity; electric) + (, lighting).[2] This sense is first attested in 1901.[2]

Pronunciation

Noun

(でん)() • (denki) 

  1. [from 1850s] electricity
    Synonyms: 電力 (denryoku, more specifically about electric power), エレキ (ereki, dated), エレキテル (erekiteru, archaic)
  2. [from 1901] electric light
    Synonym: 電灯 (dentō)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Pohnpeian: dengki
  • Sakizaya: dingki

See also

References

  1. Yutaka Fujita, 「電気」語源考, Nihon Eigakushi Kenkyūkai Kenkyū Hōkoku, 1967, no. 76
  2. 電気”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, Nihon Kokugo Daijiten) (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  3. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. 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
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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