科学

See also: 科學

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of – see 科學 (“science; scientific; etc.”).
(This term, 科学, is the simplified form of 科學.)
Notes:

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
がく
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese elements (MC kʰuɑ, “field”) + (MC ɦˠʌk̚, “field”).

Pronunciation

Noun

科学 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 科學, hiragana かがく, rōmaji kagaku, historical hiragana くわがく)

  1. science
    とある () (がく)超電磁砲 (レールガン)
    Toaru Kagaku no Rērugan
    A Certain Scientific Railgun
    Synonym: サイエンス (saiensu)

Usage notes

Sometimes pronounced しながく (shinagaku) in order to differentiate from phonetically identical 化学 (kagaku, chemistry).

Derived terms

Descendants

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
  3. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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