天文学

天文学

See also: 天文學

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 天文学 – see 天文學 (“astronomy”). (This term, 天文学, is the simplified form of 天文學.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
天	文	学
てん Grade: 1	もん Grade: 1	がく Grade: 1
goon

Etymology

天文 (tenmon, “astronomy”) +‎ 学 (-gaku, “-logy; -graphy”)

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Goon
  • (Tokyo) てんも​んがく [tèńmóꜜǹgàkù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2]
  • IPA^(key): [tẽ̞mːõ̞ŋɡa̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

天文学 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 天文學, hiragana てんもんがく, rōmaji tenmongaku)

1. astronomy

See also

• 地 (ち)理 (り)学 (がく) (chirigaku)
• 水 (すい)文 (もん)学 (がく) (suimongaku)

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