水底

Chinese

water; river
 
background; bottom; base
background; bottom; base; (possessive part.); (subor. part.)
trad. (水底) 水 底
simp. #(水底) 水 底

Pronunciation


Noun

水底

  1. bottom or bed of a body of water

Derived terms

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
水 底
みず
Grade: 1
そこ
Grade: 4
kun’yomi

Compound of Old Japanese elements 水 (mizu, “water”) +‎ 底 (soko, “bottom”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

    • (Tokyo) みずそこ [mìzúsókó] (Heiban – [0])[2]
    • IPA(key): [mʲizɨᵝso̞ko̞]

    Noun

    水(みず)底(そこ) • (mizusoko) 

    1. the bottom or bed of a body of water

    Etymology 2

    Kanji in this term
    水 底
    み
    Grade: 1
    そこ > ぞこ
    Grade: 4
    kun’yomi
    Kanji in this term
    水 底
    み
    Grade: 1
    そこ
    Grade: 4
    kun’yomi

    Compound of Old Japanese elements 水 (mi, “water”) +‎ な (na, Old Japanese possessive particle) +‎ 底 (soko, “bottom”).[1][2]

    Sometimes also read as minazoko. The soko changes to zoko as an instance of rendaku (連濁).[1]

    Pronunciation

      • (Tokyo) みなそこ [mìnásókó] (Heiban – [0])[2][3]
      • (Tokyo) みなぞこ [mìnázókó] (Heiban – [0])[2][3]
      • IPA(key): [mʲina̠so̞ko̞]
      • IPA(key): [mʲina̠zo̞ko̞]

      Noun

      水底(みなそこ) • (minasoko)  (alternative reading hiragana みなぞこ, rōmaji minazoko)

      1. the bottom or bed of a body of water

      Etymology 3

      Kanji in this term
      水 底
      すい
      Grade: 1
      てい
      Grade: 4
      on’yomi

      From Middle Chinese compound 水底 (sywijX *děi, literally “water bottom”). Compare modern Mandarin 水底 (shuǐdǐ).

      Pronunciation

        Noun

        水(すい)底(てい) • (suitei) 

        1. the bottom or bed of a body of water
        Derived terms

        References

        1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
        2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third 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
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