信号機

See also: 信号机 and 信號機

Japanese

Kanji in this term
信	号	機
しん Grade: 4	ごう Grade: 3	き Grade: 4
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
信號機 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

信号(しんごう) (shingō, “signal”) + 機(き) (ki, “machine”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しんごーき [shìńgóꜜòkì] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ɕĩŋɡo̞ːkʲi]

Noun

信(しん)号(ごう)機(き) • (shingōki) ^{←しんがうき (singauki)^?}

a traffic light

Derived terms

赤(あか)信(しん)号(ごう) (akashingō, “red light”)
青(あお)信(しん)号(ごう) (aoshingō, “green light”)
黄(き)信(しん)号(ごう) (kishingō, “yellow light”)

References

^ 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN