Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
こく
Grade: 2
さい
Grade: 5
たん
Grade: 4

Grade: 4
けい
Grade: 6
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
國際單位系 (kyūjitai)
 国際単位系 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology edit

Calque of French Système international d’unités, equivalent to 国際 (kokusai, international) +‎ 単位系 (tan'ikei, system of measurement; system of units).

Pronunciation edit

  • (Tokyo) さいたんいけー [kòkúsáí táń'íkéé] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • (Tokyo) さいたんいけー [kòkúsáí táń'íꜜkèè] (Nakadaka – [7])[2]
  • IPA(key): [ko̞kɯ̟̊ᵝsa̠i tã̠ɰ̃ike̞ː]

Proper noun edit

(こく)(さい)(たん)()(けい) (Kokusai Tan'ikeiこくさいたんゐけい (kokusaitan'wikei)?

  1. the International System of Units
    Synonym: SI (esuai)

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN