光子

光子

Chinese

		light; ray; bright	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 pm-1 am; midnight
simp. and trad. (光子)		光	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guāngzǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄤ ㄗˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwong¹ zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: guāngzǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄤ ㄗˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guangtzyy
    • IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwong¹ zi²
    • Yale: gwōng jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwong¹ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: guong¹ ji²
    • IPA ^(key): /kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/

Noun

光子

1. (physics) photon (Classifier: 粒 m)

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
光	子
こう Grade: 2	し Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) こ​ーし [kóꜜòshì] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA^(key): [ko̞ːɕi]

Noun

光子 (hiragana こうし, rōmaji kōshi, historical hiragana くわうし)

1. (physics) a photon

See also

• 素 (そ)粒 (りゅう)子 (し) (soryūshi): subatomic particle
• 陽 (よう)子 (し) (yōshi): proton

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
光	子
みつ Grade: 2	こ Grade: 1

Proper noun

光子 (hiragana みつこ, rōmaji Mitsuko)

1. A female given name