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光年

光年

Chinese

light; ray; bright year
simp. and trad.
(光年)

Noun

光年

  1. light year

Japanese

Kanji in this term
こう
Grade: 2
ねん
Grade: 1
on'yomi

Etymology

/kwaunen/ > /kwoːnen/ > /koːnen/.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [koːnen]

Counter

光年 (hiragana こうねん, romaji -kōnen, historical hiragana くゎうねん)

  1. a light year (a unit of length equivalent to the distance that light travels in a year)
    宇宙 (うちゅう)直径 (ちょっけい) (やく)930 (おく)光年 (こうねん)だ。
    Uchū no chokkei wa yaku 930 oku kōnen da.
    The diameter of the universe is some ninety-three billion light years.

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

光年 (gwangnyeon) (hangeul 광년)

  1. Hanja form? of 광년, “light year”.