不可視

Japanese

不可視 (fukashi): a picture of the Invisible Pink Unicorn.

Kanji in this term
不	可	視
ふ Grade: 4	か Grade: 5	し Grade: 6
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
不可視 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 不(ふ) (fu-, “non-, in-”) + 可(か)視(し) (kashi, “visibility”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ふかし [fùkáꜜshì] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟ᵝka̠ɕi]

Noun

不(ふ)可(か)視(し) • (fukashi)

(physics, optics) invisible, unable to be seen

Synonyms

見(み)えない (mienai): negative of 見える (mieru, “to be visible; to seem, to appear”)
見(み)えざる (miezaru): classical negative attributive of 見える (mieru, “to be visible; to seem, to appear”)
隠(かく)し (kakushi): hidden

Derived terms

Derived terms

不可視光線(ふかしこうせん) (fukashi kōsen): an invisible ray of light; the invisible spectrum, such as ultraviolet or infrared
不可視(ふかし)のマント (fukashi no manto): a cloak of invisibility

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

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