Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: S
しゃ
Grade: 3
かい
Grade: 3
しん
Grade: 3

Grade: 3
kan'on goon
Alternative spelling
被寫界深度 (kyūjitai)
 被写界深度 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

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By surface analysis, (hi, recipient marker, denoting the region's ‘being’ captured) +‎ (sha, photograph) +‎ (kai, region, boundary) +‎ 深度 (shindo, depth). The three components 被写界(ひしゃかい) (hishakai) taken together can be taken to mean “field”, as corresponds to its counterpart component in the English equivalent.

Pronunciation

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  • (Tokyo) しゃかいしんど [hìshákáí shíꜜǹdò] (Nakadaka – [5])
  • IPA(key): [çi̥ɕa̠ka̠i ɕĩndo̞]

Noun

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()(しゃ)(かい)(しん)() (hishakai shindo

  1. (photography) depth of field

Coordinate terms

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