亜大陸

Japanese

Kanji in this term
亜	大	陸
あ Grade: S	たい Grade: 1	りく Grade: 4
kan’on

Alternative spelling
亞大陸 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 亜 (a-, “sub-”) +‎ 大陸 (tairiku, “continent”).

Pronunciation

On’yomi: Kan’on

(Tokyo) あたいりく [àtáꜜìrìkù] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
IPA^(key): [a̠ta̠iɾʲikɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

亜(あ)大(たい)陸(りく) • (atairiku)

(rare) a subcontinent

References

1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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