Chinese

Japanese

Etymology 1

化 ‎(ka, “to change into”) +‎ 学 ‎(gaku, “branch of study”)

Pronunciation

• On'yomi: Kan'on
• (Tokyo) か​がく [káꜜgàkù] (Atamadaka - [1])^[1][2][3]
• IPA^(key): [ka̠ɡ̃a̠kɯᵝ]
• Homophones: 科学, 家学, 歌学, 下学, 下顎

Noun

化学 ‎(shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 化學, hiragana かがく, romaji kagaku, historical hiragana くわがく)

1. chemistry

Derived terms

Related terms

• 化繊 (かせん) ‎(kasen): synthetic fiber

Etymology 2

Variant pronunciation, sometimes used to differentiate from phonetically identical 科学 (かがく) ‎(kagaku, “science”).

Pronunciation

• Yutōyomi
• (Tokyo) ばけ​がく [bàkéꜜgàkù] (Nakadaka - [2])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [ba̠ke̞ɡ̃a̠kɯᵝ]

Noun

化学 ‎(shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 化學, hiragana ばけがく, romaji bakegaku)

1. chemistry

References

1. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
2. 1 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 978-4-14-011112-3
3. ↑ 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13143-0