天文学

See also: 天文學

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 天文学 – see 天文學 (“astronomy”). (This term, 天文学, is the simplified form of 天文學.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
天	文	学
てん Grade: 1	もん Grade: 1	がく Grade: 1
goon

Alternative spelling
天文學 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

天文 (tenmon, “astronomy”) +‎ 学 (-gaku, “-logy; -graphy”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) てんも​んがく [tèńmóꜜǹgàkù] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [tẽ̞mːõ̞ŋɡa̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

天(てん)文(もん)学(がく) • (tenmongaku) 

1. astronomy

   Coordinate terms: 水文学 (suimongaku, “hydrology”), 地理学 (chirigaku, “geography”)