てんびん座

てんびん座

Japanese

Kanji in this term
座
ざ Grade: 6
on’yomi

Alternative forms

• 天秤座

Etymology

天秤 (tenbin, “scale”) +‎ 座 (-za, “constellation”)

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) てんびんざ [tèńbíńzá] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [tẽ̞mbʲĩnd͡za̠]

Proper noun

てんびん座 (hiragana てんびんざ, rōmaji Tenbinza)

1. Libra (constellation)

See also

• 天 (てん)秤 (びん)宮 (きゅう) (Tenbinkyū)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9