熱帯

See also: 熱帶

Japanese

Kanji in this term
熱	帯
ねつ > ねっ Grade: 4	たい Grade: 4
goon

Alternative spelling
熱帶 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Literary Chinese 熱帶／热带 (rèdài, literally “heat, high temperature + belt, zone, area”), which was coined by missionaries in China.[1]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ねったい [nèttáí] (Heiban – [0])[2][3][4]
IPA^(key): [ne̞t̚ta̠i]

Noun

熱(ねっ)帯(たい) • (nettai)

(geography) the tropics

Derived terms

亜(あ)熱帯(ねったい) (anettai, “subtropics”)

See also

References

https://dlisv03.media.osaka-cu.ac.jp/contents/osakacu/youshi/3499.pdf#search=%22%22
Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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
Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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