零戦

零戦

Japanese

Kanji in this term
零	戦
れい Grade: S	せん Grade: 4
kan’on	on’yomi

Kanji in this term
零	戦
ゼロ Grade: S	せん Grade: 4
yutōyomi

Alternative spellings
零戰 (kyūjitai) ゼロ戦

Pronunciation

• Yutōyomi
• (Tokyo) ゼロせん [zèróséń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
• IPA^(key): [d͡ze̞ɾo̞sẽ̞ɴ]

• On’yomi
• (Tokyo) れーせん [rèéséń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
• IPA^(key): [ɾe̞ːsẽ̞ɴ]

Proper noun

零(ゼロ)戦(せん) or 零(れい)戦(せん) • (Zerosen or Reisen) 

1. Clipping of 零式艦上戦闘機 (Rei-shiki Kanjō Sentōki, “Type 0 Carrier Fighter: Mitsubishi A6M Zero”).

References

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