分点

See also: 分點

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 分点 – see 分點 (“equinox”). (This term is the simplified form of 分點).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
分	点
ぶん Grade: 2	てん Grade: 2
goon	on'yomi

Alternative spelling
分點 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

May be ultimately from Middle Chinese 分點 (MC pjun|bjunH temX, “equinox”, literally “dividing point”). First attested in Japanese in 1783.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ぶんてん [búꜜǹtèǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [bɯ̟̃ntẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

分(ぶん)点(てん) • (bunten) 

1. [date uncertain] (astronomy) an equinox

   Coordinate terms: 春分 (shunbun, “spring equinox”), 春分点 (shunbunten, “spring equinox”), 秋分 (shūbun, “autumn equinox”), 秋分点 (shūbunten, “autumn equinox”), 至点 (shiten, “solstice”), 夏至 (geshi, “summer solstice”), 夏至点 (geshiten, “summer solstice”), 冬至 (tōji, “winter solstice”), 冬至点 (tōjiten, “winter solstice”)

2. [1783] (archaic, possibly obsolete, punctuation) a comma

   Synonym: コンマ (konma, “comma”, in the context of non-Japanese text)

3. [1903] (archaic, possibly obsolete) a branching point or junction in a line, road, etc.

   Synonym: 分岐点 (bunkiten)

Derived terms

• 分(ぶん)点(てん)月(げつ) (buntengetsu, “tropical month”)