See also: 银河

Chinese edit

silver; money river
trad. (銀河)
simp. (银河)

Pronunciation edit



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (31) (33)
Final () (44) (94)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III I
Fanqie
Baxter ngin ha
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ŋˠiɪn/ /ɦɑ/
Pan
Wuyun
/ŋᵚin/ /ɦɑ/
Shao
Rongfen
/ŋien/ /ɣɑ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ŋjin/ /ɦa/
Li
Rong
/ŋjĕn/ /ɣɑ/
Wang
Li
/ŋǐĕn/ /ɣɑ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ŋi̯ĕn/ /ɣɑ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yín
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ngan4 ho4

Proper noun edit

銀河

  1. (astronomy) Milky Way

Synonyms edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

Sino-Xenic (銀河):

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
ぎん
Grade: 3
か > が
Grade: 5
kan’on
 銀河 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology edit

From Middle Chinese 銀河 (MC ngin ha). Literally “silvery river”, compare the visual analogy inherent in English Milky Way.

First cited to the 751 poetry anthology 懐風藻 (Kaifūsō).[1]

Pronunciation edit

Proper noun edit

(ぎん)() (Ginga

  1. (astronomy) Synonym of 銀河系 (Gingakei, Milky Way): the Galaxy

Noun edit

(ぎん)() (ginga

  1. (astronomy) a galaxy

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ 銀河”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, Nihon Kokugo Daijiten)[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000

Korean edit

Hanja in this term

Noun edit

銀河 (eunha) (hangeul 은하)

  1. Hanja form? of 은하 (galaxy).

Vietnamese edit

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Proper noun edit

銀河

  1. chữ Hán form of Ngân Hà (Milky Way).