星砂
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Japanese
[edit]| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 星 | 砂 |
| ほし Grade: 2 |
すな > ずな Grade: 6 |
| kun'yomi | |
Etymology
[edit]Compound of 星 (hoshi, “star”) + 砂 (suna, “sand”), literally “star sand”. The suna changes to zuna as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]- sand made up of little star-shaped shells (Baculogypsina sphaerulata)
References
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- Japanese terms spelled with 星 read as ほし
- Japanese terms spelled with 砂 read as すな
- Japanese terms read with kun'yomi
- Japanese compound terms
- Japanese terms with rendaku
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- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese nouns
- Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with sixth grade kanji
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