原子時計

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
原	子	時	計
げん Grade: 2	し Grade: 1	と > ど Grade: 2	けい Grade: 2
on’yomi		irregular	kan’on

Etymology edit

Compound of 原(げん)子(し) (genshi) + 時(と)計(けい) (tokei). The tokei changes to dokei as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation edit

(Tokyo) げんしどけー [gèńshídóꜜkèè] (Nakadaka – [4])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ɡẽ̞ɰ̃ɕido̞ke̞ː]

Noun edit

原(げん)子(し)時(ど)計(けい) • (genshidokei)

atomic clock (not to be confused with radio clock)

References edit

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

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