赤道
Chinese
red; scarlet; bare; naked |
direction; way; method; road; path; principle; truth; reason; skill; Tao (of Taoism); a measure word; to say; to speak; to talk | ||
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simp. and trad. (赤道) |
赤 | 道 |
Etymology
- “celestial equator”
- From the convention in Chinese astronomy to use a red line for the equator. See also 黃道/黄道 (huángdào) and 白道 (báidào).
- “equator”
- New meaning by Matteo Ricci.[1]
Pronunciation
Descendants
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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赤 | 道 |
せき Grade: 1 |
どう Grade: 2 |
on’yomi |
Etymology
- From Literary Chinese.
Derived terms
- 天の赤道 (tennosekidō, “celestial equator”)
References
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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