小惑星

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term
しょう
Grade: 1
わく
Grade: S
せい
Grade: 2
on’yomi goon kan’on
 小惑星 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology[edit]

From (shō-, small; little) +‎ 惑星 (wakusei, planet).[1] Compare Chinese 小行星 (xiǎoxíngxīng), Korean 소행성 (sohaengseong), Vietnamese tiểu hành tinh.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

(しょう)(わく)(せい) (shōwakuseiせうわくせい (sewakusei)?

  1. (astronomy) an asteroid

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN