二十四節気

See also: 二十四節氣

Japanese
Kanji in this term
二 十 四 節 気
に
Grade: 1		 じゅう
Grade: 1		 し
Grade: 1		 せつ > せっ
Grade: 4		 き
Grade: 1
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
二十四節氣 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 二十四(にじゅうし) (nijūshi, “twenty-four”) + 節気(せっき) (sekki, “24 divisions of solar year”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ɲ̟iʑɨᵝːɕi se̞k̚ʲkʲi]

Proper noun

二(に)十(じゅう)四(し)節(せっ)気(き) • (Nijūshi Sekki) ←にじふしせつき (nizifusisetuki)?

  1. the twenty-four divisions of the solar year
  2. the twenty-four terms used to denote the changing of the seasons

Synonyms

See also

References
  1. 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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