赤道
Chinese
red; scarlet; bare; naked |
direction; way; method; road; path; principle; truth; reason; skill; Tao (of Taoism); a measure word; to say; to speak; to talk | ||
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| simp. and trad. (赤道) |
赤 | 道 | |
Pronunciation
Etymology
- (Sense 1) From the convention in Chinese astronomy to use a red line for the equator. See also 黃道/黄道 (huángdào) and 白道 (báidào).
- (Sense 2) New meaning by Matteo Ricci.[1]
Noun
赤道
Descendants
References
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 赤 | 道 |
| せき Grade: 1 |
どう Grade: 2 |
| on’yomi | |
Etymology
- From Literary Chinese.
Noun
赤道 (hiragana せきどう, rōmaji sekidō)
Related terms
- 黄道 (kōdō)
References
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
Korean
| Hanja in this term | |
|---|---|
| 赤 | 道 |
Noun
赤道 • (jeokdo) (hangeul 적도)
Vietnamese
| Hán tự in this word | |
|---|---|
| 赤 | 道 |
Noun
赤道
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