化学

See also: 化學

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of – see 化學 (“chemistry; fragile; brittle; unreliable; cheaply made; frail”).
(This term, 化学, is the simplified form of 化學.)
Notes:

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term

Grade: 3
がく
Grade: 1
on’yomi

(ka, to change into) + (-gaku, -logy; -graphy)

Pronunciation

Noun

化学 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 化學, hiragana かがく, rōmaji kagaku, historical hiragana くわがく)

  1. chemistry (branch of natural science)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
ば(け)
Grade: 3
がく
Grade: 1
yutōyomi

化け (bake, stem of 化ける (bakeru, to transform)) + (-gaku, -logy; -graphy). Alternative reading sometimes used to differentiate from phonetically identical 科学 (kagaku, science).

Pronunciation

Noun

化学 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 化學, hiragana ばけがく, rōmaji bakegaku)

  1. chemistry (branch of natural science)

References

  1. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1 2 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  3. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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