皆既日食

Japanese

Kanji in this term
皆	既	日	食
かい Grade: S	き Grade: S	にち > にっ Grade: 1	しょく Grade: 2
on'yomi

Alternative spellings
(kyūjitai) 皆既日蝕

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) かいきにっしょく [kàíkíníꜜsshòkù] (Nakadaka – [4])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ka̠ikʲiɲ̟iɕːo̞kɯ̟]

Noun

皆(かい)既(き)日(にっ)食(しょく) • (kaikinisshoku)

a total solar eclipse

See also

皆既月食(かいきげっしょく) (kaikigesshoku, “total lunar eclipse”)
月食(げっしょく) (gesshoku, “lunar eclipse”)
皆既食(かいきしょく) (kaikishoku, “total eclipse”)
日食(にっしょく) (nisshoku, “solar eclipse”)

References

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