白亜紀

Japanese

Kanji in this term
白	亜	紀
はく Grade: 1	あ Grade: S	き Grade: 4
kan’on

Alternative forms

白堊紀

Etymology

白亜 (hakua, “white chalk”) +‎ 紀 (-ki, “period”); appears no later than 1883 (in the book 地学要略), but the precise time is unknown.

Pronunciation

On’yomi: Kan’on
- (Tokyo) はくあき [hàkúáꜜkì] (Nakadaka – [3])
- IPA^(key): [ha̠kɯ̟ᵝa̠kʲi]

Proper noun

白亜紀 (hiragana はくあき, rōmaji Hakuaki)

the Cretaceous
- 2002 September 30 [Sep 25 1996], Fujiko F. Fujio, のび太たと銀ぎん河が超特急エクスプレス [Nobita and the Galaxy Express] (大長編ドラえもん; 16), volume 16 (fiction), 20th edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 126:
  
  「オルニトミムス」白 (はく)亜 (あ)紀 (き)後 (こう)半 (はん)のダチョウ型 (がた)恐 (きょう)竜 (りゅう)。猛 (もう)スピードで走 (はし)りまわる。雑 (ざっ)食 (しょく)性 (せい)。木 (こ)の実 (み)などなんでも食 (た)べる。
  “Orunitomimusu” Hakuaki kōhan no dachōgata kyōryū. Mō-supīdo de hashirimawaru. Zasshokusei. Ko no mi nado nan demo taberu.
  “Ornithomimuses”: Ostrich-like dinosaurs of the late Cretaceous. These are extremely fast runners. They are also omnivores. They eat fruit and other things.

See also

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