大気圏

Japanese

Kanji in this term
大	気	圏
たい Grade: 1	き Grade: 1	けん Grade: S
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
大氣圈 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 大気 (taiki, “the air, the atmosphere”) +‎ 圏 (ken, “sphere, area, realm”).

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Kan’on
• (Tokyo) たいき​けん [tàíkíꜜkèǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [ta̠ikʲi̥kẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

大(たい)気(き)圏(けん) • (taikiken)  (kyūjitai 大氣圈)

1. (meteorology) an atmosphere (gases surrounding an astronomical body)
   • 2001 August 27, Amano, Kozue, “Navigation(ナビゲーション)01　水(みず)の惑(わく)星(せい) [Navigation01 The Water Planet]”, in AQUA(アクア) [AQUA], volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Enix, →ISBN, page 5:

     本(ほん)日(じつ)は太(たい)陽(よう)系(けい)航(こう)宙(ちゅう)社(しゃ)東(とう)京(きょう)゠ネオ・ヴェネツィア便(びん)をご利(り)用(よう)いただき　まことにありがとうございます　当(とう)機(き)はまもなく　惑(わく)星(せい)アクアの大(たい)気(き)圏(けん)に突(とつ)入(にゅう)します

     Honjitsu wa Taiyōkei Kōchūsha Tōkyō-Neo Venetsia bin o goriyō itadaki Makoto ni arigatō gozaimasu Tōki wa mamonaku wakusei Akua no taikiken ni totsunyū shimasu

     You have been on Solar System Spaceline’s Tōkyō—New Venice flight. Thank you for using our services. We are about to enter planet Aqua’s atmosphere.

   • 2011 April 9, Sorachi, Hideaki, “第(だい)三百三十六訓(くん)　忘(ぼう)年(ねん)会(かい)でも忘(わす)れちゃいけないものがある [Lesson 336: There Are Things You Can’t Forget Even at a Forgetting-Last-Year Party]”, in 銀(ぎん)魂(たま) [Silver Soul], volume 39 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN:

     けっ…Ｋ(ケー)点(てん)どころか　大(たい)気(き)圏(けん)ブチ抜(ぬ)いたァァァァァァ‼

     Ke'…Kē-tendokoroka taikiken buchinuitāāāa‼

     F…Forget the K-point, I just ejected right through the freaking atmosphere‼

Usage notes

The distinction between 大気圏 (taikiken) and 大気 (taiki) is that taikiken refers more specifically to the atmospheric area around a planet (the area between a solid or liquid surface and the outermost extent of the gaseous envelope), whereas taiki refers more to the gas or air itself.