Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
せき
Grade: 1
がい
Grade: 2
せん
Grade: 2
on’yomi
 赤外線 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology edit

From (seki, red) +‎ (gai, outside) +‎ (sen, ray). Compare Chinese 紅外線红外线 (hóngwàixiàn).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(せき)(がい)(せん) (sekigaisenせきぐわいせん (sekigwaisen)?

  1. infrared radiation
  2. Short for 赤外線通信 (sekigaisen tsūshin, IR communication).
    • 2011, 櫻井千姫 [Sakurai Chihime], 天国までの49日間, 2nd edition, スターツ出版, page 26:
      メアド(おし)てー、赤外線(せきがいせん)よー、とまとわりついてくる(おんな)()たち
      meado oshietē, sekigaisen shiyō, to matowaritsuitekuru onna no ko-tachi
      girls who surrounded him saying things like 'tell me your email!' and 'let's IR!'

Descendants edit

  • Korean: 적외선 (jeogoeseon)

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ 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

Korean edit

Hanja in this term

Noun edit

赤外線 (jeogoeseon or McCune-Reischauer: chŏgoesŏn or Yale: cek.oysen) (hangeul 적외선)

  1. Hanja form? of 적외선 (infrared radiation).