学生

See also: 學生

Chinese

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
がく
Grade: 1
せい
Grade: 1
goon kan’on
Alternative spelling
學生 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 學生 (MC haewk sraeng). The use of the 呉音 (go'on, literally Wu sound) reading for the first character and the 漢音 (kan'on, literally Han sound) reading for the second character suggests either an innovation within Japanese, or later influence from another dialect of Chinese.

Pronunciation

(non-native speaker)

Noun

(がく)(せい) • (gakusei) 

  1. a student (usually of a university, sometimes of a high school)

Hyponyms

Derived terms

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  3. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. 1960, Hirayama Teruo (平山輝男, editor), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, Nationwide Accent Dictionary), (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN

Okinawan

Kanji in this term
がく
Grade: 1
しー
Grade: 1
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
學生 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Cognate with Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

Noun

(がく)(しー) (gakushī) 

  1. a student
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