微塵子

微塵子

Japanese

Kanji in this term
微	塵	子
み Grade: S	じん Hyōgaiji	こ Grade: 1
jūbakoyomi

Etymology

/midinko/ → /miʑĩŋko/

From 微 (み)塵 (じん) (mijin, “small piece, fragment”) + 子 (こ) (ko, “child”, or "smaller version of an object") (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?).

Alternative forms

• 水蚤

Pronunciation

• Jūbakoyomi
  • (Tokyo) みじんこ [mìjíńkó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [mʲiʑĩŋko̞]

Noun

微塵子 (hiragana みじんこ, katakana ミジンコ, rōmaji mijinko, historical hiragana みぢんこ, historical katakana ミヂンコ)

1. water flea of the genus Daphnia, especially Daphnia pulex

References

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