零戦

Japanese

Kanji in this term
零	戦
れい Grade: S	せん Grade: 4
kan'on	on'yomi

Kanji in this term
零	戦
ゼロ Grade: S	せん Grade: 4
yutōyomi

Alternative spellings
零戰 (kyūjitai) ゼロ戦

Etymology

From 零 (rei, zero, “zero”) +‎ 戦 (sen, clipping of 戦闘機 (sentōki), “fighter plane”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) れーせん [rèéséń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɾe̞ːsẽ̞ɴ]

(Tokyo) ゼロせん [zèróséń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [d͡ze̞ɾo̞sẽ̞ɴ]

Proper noun

零(れい)戦(せん) or 零(ゼロ)戦(せん) • (Reisen or Zerosen)

(historical, colloquial) clipping of 零式艦上戦闘機 (Rei-shiki Kanjō Sentōki): the Type 0 Carrier Fighter, official designation of the Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighter plane

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN