石灰

Chinese

rock; stone; 10 pecks gray; ash
simp. and trad.
(石灰)

Pronunciation


Noun

石灰

  1. (mineralogy) lime

Derived terms


Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
せき > せっ
Grade: 1
かい
Grade: 6
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese compound 石灰 (dzyek xwoj, literally stone + ash).

Pronunciation

Noun

石灰 (hiragana せっかい, rōmaji sekkai)

  1. (chemistry) lime

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
いし
Grade: 1
はい > ばい
Grade: 6
kun’yomi

Compound of (ishi, stone) + (hai, ash). The hai changes to bai as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Noun

石灰 (hiragana いしばい, rōmaji ishibai)

  1. (chemistry) lime

Derived terms

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.