生物兵器

Japanese

Kanji in this term
生	物	兵	器
せい Grade: 1	ぶつ Grade: 3	へい Grade: 4	き Grade: 4
on’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 生物 (seibutsu, “living organism; biological”) +‎ 兵器 (heiki, “weapon”).^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation

On’yomi: Kan’on
- (Tokyo) せーぶつへーき [sèébútsú éꜜèkì] (Nakadaka – [5])^[1]
- IPA^(key): [se̞ːbɯ̟ᵝt͡sɨᵝ he̞ːkʲi]

Noun

生物兵器 (hiragana せいぶつへいき, rōmaji seibutsu heiki)

a bioweapon, a biological weapon

See also

A (エー)B (ビー)C (シー)兵 (へい)器 (き) (ēbīshī heiki, “atomic, biological, and chemical weapons”)
C (シー)B (ビー)兵 (へい)器 (き) (shībī heiki, “chemical and biological weapons”)

References

1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

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