水底

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Chinese

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water; river
background; bottom; base
background; bottom; base; (possessive part.); (subor. part.)
 
trad. (水底)
simp. #(水底)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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水底

  1. bottom or bed of a body of water

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Japanese

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Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
みず
Grade: 1
そこ
Grade: 4
kun'yomi

Compound of Old Japanese elements (mizu, water) +‎ (soko, bottom).[1][2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(みず)(そこ) (mizusoko

  1. the bottom or bed of a body of water

Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
そこ > ぞこ
Grade: 4
kun'yomi
Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
そこ
Grade: 4
kun'yomi

Compound of Old Japanese elements (mi, water) +‎ (na, Old Japanese possessive particle) +‎ (soko, bottom).[1][2]

Sometimes also read as minazoko. The soko changes to zoko as an instance of rendaku (連濁).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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水底(みなそこ) (minasoko (alternative reading hiragana みなぞこ, rōmaji minazoko)

  1. the bottom or bed of a body of water

Etymology 3

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Kanji in this term
すい
Grade: 1
てい
Grade: 4
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese compound 水底 (sywijX *děi, literally water bottom). Compare modern Mandarin 水底 (shuǐdǐ).

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Noun

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(すい)(てい) (suitei

  1. the bottom or bed of a body of water
Derived terms
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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN