Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
こう
Grade: 5
ぶつ
Grade: 3
がく
Grade: 1
kan’on
Alternative spelling
鑛物學 (kyūjitai)
 鉱物学 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology edit

From 鉱物(こうぶつ) (kōbutsu, mineral) + (がく) (-gaku, -logy).

Pronunciation edit

  • (Tokyo) ーぶつがく [kòóbútsúꜜgàkù] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ko̞ːbɯ̟ᵝt͡sɨᵝɡa̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun edit

(こう)(ぶつ)(がく) (kōbutsugakuくわうぶつがく (kwaubutugaku)?

  1. mineralogy

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN