小学生

See also: 小學生

Chinese
For pronunciation and definitions of 小学生 – see 小學生 (“primary school student; ignoramus; etc.”).
(This term, 小学生, is the simplified form of 小學生.)
Notes:

Japanese
Kanji in this term
小 学 生
しょう
Grade: 1		 がく
Grade: 1		 せい
Grade: 1
on’yomi goon kan’on
Alternative spelling
小學生 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

小(しょう)学(がく) (shōgaku, “elementary school”) + 生(せい) (-sei, “student; pupil”).

Pronunciation

Noun

小(しょう)学(がく)生(せい) • (shōgakusei) ←せうがくせい (seugakusei)?

  1. schoolchildren, schoolboy, schoolgirl (specifically those who attend elementary school)
    Coordinate terms: 中学生 (chūgakusei), 高校生 (kōkōsei), 大学生 (daigakusei)

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
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