蛍光

蛍光

See also: 螢光

Japanese

Kanji in this term
蛍	光
けい Grade: S	こう Grade: 2
kan’on	on’yomi

Alternative spelling
螢光 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 螢光 (MC ɦweŋ kwɑŋ).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) けーこー [kèékóó] (Heiban – [0])[1][2][3]
• IPA^(key): [ke̞ːko̞ː]

Noun

蛍(けい)光(こう) • (keikō) ^{←けいくわう (keikwau)?}

1. the light of a firefly

   Synonym: 蛍火 (hotarubi, keika)

2. (physics) fluorescence

Derived terms

• 蛍(けい)光(こう)顔(がん)料(りょう) (keikō ganryō)
• 蛍(けい)光(こう)顕(けん)微(び)鏡(きょう) (keikō kenbikyō)
• 蛍(けい)光(こう)染(せん)料(りょう) (keikō senryō)
• 蛍(けい)光(こう)増(ぞう)白(はく)剤(ざい) (keikō zōhakuzai)
• 蛍(けい)光(こう)体(たい) (keikōtai, “fluorescent substance”)
• 蛍(けい)光(こう)灯(とう) (keikōtō, “fluorescent lamp”)
• 蛍(けい)光(こう)塗(と)料(りょう) (keikō toryō, “luminous paint”)
• 蛍(けい)光(こう)板(ばん) (keikōban)
• 蛍(けい)光(こう)物(ぶっ)質(しつ) (keikō busshitsu)
• 蛍(けい)光(こう)分(ぶん)析(せき) (keikō bunseki)
• 蛍(けい)光(こう)ペン (keikō pen, “highlighter”)
• 蛍(けい)光(こう)ランプ (keikō ranpu)
• 緑(りょく)色(しょく)蛍(けい)光(こう)蛋(たん)白(ぱく)質(しつ) (ryokushoku keikō tanpakushitsu, “green fluorescent protein”)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
3. 2011, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Seventh Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN