Chinese edit

 
big; great; huge
big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
simp. and trad.
(大宇宙)
宇宙

Pronunciation edit


Noun edit

大宇宙

  1. (philosophy) macrocosm
    Antonym: 小宇宙 (xiǎoyǔzhòu)

Descendants edit

Sino-Xenic (大宇宙):

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
だい
Grade: 1

Grade: 6
ちゅう
Grade: 6
on’yomi

Etymology edit

A calque of German Makrokosmos, equivalent to (だい) (dai) + ()(ちゅう) (uchū).[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [da̠iɯ̟ᵝt͡ɕɨᵝː]

Noun edit

(だい)()(ちゅう) (daiuchū

  1. (philosophy) macrocosm[2]

Antonyms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998) 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  2. ^ 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.