微塵子

Japanese

Kanji in this term
微	塵	子
み Grade: S	じん Hyōgaiji	こ Grade: 1
jūbakoyomi

Etymology

/midinko/ → /miʑĩŋko/

From 微 (み)塵 (じん) (mijin, “small piece, fragment”) + 子 (こ) (ko, “child”, or "smaller version of an object") (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?).

Alternative spellings

水蚤

Pronunciation

Jūbakoyomi
- (Tokyo) みじんこ [mìjíńkó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
- IPA^(key): [mʲiʑĩŋko̞]

Noun

微塵子 (hiragana みじんこ, katakana ミジンコ, rōmaji mijinko, historical hiragana みぢんこ, historical katakana ミヂンコ)

water flea of the genus Daphnia, especially Daphnia pulex

References

↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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