化学繊維

化学繊維

Japanese

Kanji in this term
化	学	繊	維
か Grade: 3	がく Grade: 1	せん Grade: S	い Grade: S
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
化學纖維 (kyūjitai)

Alternative forms

• (short) 化繊(かせん) (kasen)

Etymology

From 化学(かがく) (kagaku, “chemistry”) + 繊維(せんい) (sen'i, “fiber”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) かがくせ​んい [kàgákú séꜜǹ'ì] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
• IPA^(key): [ka̠ɡa̠kɯ̟ᵝ sẽ̞ɰ̃i]

Noun

化(か)学(がく)繊(せん)維(い) • (kagaku sen'i) ^{←くわがくせんゐ (kwagaku senwi)?}

1. chemical fiber

Synonyms

• 人造繊維(じんぞうせんい) (jinzō sen'i)

Hyponyms

• 合成繊維(ごうせいせんい) (gōsei sen'i, “synthetic fiber”)
• 半合成繊維(はんごうせいせんい) (han-gōsei sen'i, “semi-synthetic fiber”)
• 再生繊維(さいせいせんい) (saisei sen'i)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN