科学

See also: 科學

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 科学 – see 科學 (“science; scientific; etc.”). (This term, 科学, is the simplified form of 科學.)
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.

科 (ka, “field”) +‎ 学 (-gaku, “study”)

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) かがく [káꜜgàkù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]^[3]
- IPA^(key): [ka̠ɡa̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

科学 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 科學, hiragana かがく, rōmaji kagaku, historical hiragana くわがく)

Sometimes pronounced しながく (shinagaku) in order to differentiate from phonetically identical 化学 (kagaku, “chemistry”).

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

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