炉心

炉心

Japanese

Kanji in this term
炉	心
ろ Grade: S	しん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

炉 (ろ) (ro, “nuclear reactor”) + 心 (しん) (shin, “heart”).

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) ろしん [ròshíń] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA^(key): [ɾo̞ɕĩɴ]

Noun

炉心 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 爐心, hiragana ろしん, rōmaji roshin)

1. nuclear reactor core

Derived terms

• 炉 (ろ)心 (しん)融 (ゆう)解 (かい) (roshin yūkai, “nuclear meltdown”)
• 炉 (ろ)心 (しん)融 (ゆう)解 (かい)事 (じ)故 (こ) (roshin yūkai jiko, “core melt accident”)
• 炉 (ろ)心 (しん)溶 (よう)融 (ゆう) (roshin yōyū, “nuclear meltdown”)
• 炉 (ろ)心 (しん)溶 (よう)融 (ゆう)事 (じ)故 (こ) (roshin yōyū jiko, “core melt accident”)