へびつかい座

へびつかい座

Japanese

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

Alternative forms

• 蛇遣座; 蛇遣い座

Etymology

蛇遣い (hebitsukai, “snake charmer”) +‎ 座 (-za, “constellation”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) へびつかいざ [hèbítsúkáízá] (Heiban – [0])[1]
• IPA^(key): [he̞bʲit͡sɨ̥ᵝka̠iza̠]

Proper noun

へびつかい座 (hiragana へびつかいざ, rōmaji Hebitsukaiza)

1. Ophiuchus (constellation)

References

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