微塵子

Japanese

Kanji in this term
微	塵	子
み Grade: S	じん Hyōgaiji	こ Grade: 1
on’yomi		kun’yomi

Alternative forms

水蚤

Etymology

/midinko/ → /miʑĩŋko/
From 微(み)塵(じん) (mijin, “small piece, fragment”) + 子(こ) (ko, “child”, or "smaller version of an object") (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?).

Pronunciation

Jūbakoyomi

(Tokyo) みじんこ [mìjíńkó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
IPA^(key): [mʲiʑĩŋko̞]

Noun

微(み)塵(じん)子(こ) • (mijinko) ^{←みぢんこ (midinko)^?}

water flea of the genus Daphnia, especially Daphnia pulex

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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