信号機

信号機

See also: 信号机 and 信號機

Japanese

信号機 (shingōki): a traffic light

Kanji in this term
信	号	機
しん Grade: 4	ごう Grade: 3	き Grade: 4
on’yomi

Etymology

信号 (shingō, “signal”) +‎ 機 (ki, “machine”)

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) しんご​ーき [shìńgóꜜòkì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2]
  • IPA^(key): [ɕĩŋɡo̞ːkʲi]

Noun

信号機 (hiragana しんごうき, rōmaji shingōki, historical hiragana しんがうき)

1. a traffic light

Derived terms

• 赤信号 (あかしんごう) (akashingō, “red light”)
• 青信号 (あおしんごう) (aoshingō, “green light”)
• 黄 (き)信 (しん)号 (ごう) (kishingō, “yellow light”)

References

1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN