飛行士

Japanese
Kanji in this term
飛 行 士
ひ
Grade: 4		 こう
Grade: 2		 し
Grade: 4
on’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 飛 (ひ)行 (こう) (hikō, “flight”) + 士 (し) (-shi, “person of a certain qualification”).

Pronunciation

Noun

飛行士 (hiragana ひこうし, rōmaji hikōshi, historical hiragana ひかうし)

  1. a pilot (person in charge of the controls of an aircraft)
    Synonym: パイロット (pairotto)

Derived terms

See also
  • 航 (こう)空 (くう)士 (し) (kōkūshi)

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • 2002, Yasuo Kitahara, 明鏡国語辞典 (Meikyō Kokugo Jiten), First Edition (in Japanese), Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, →ISBN
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