飛行士

Japanese

Kanji in this term
飛	行	士
ひ Grade: 4	こう Grade: 2	し Grade: 5
on'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 飛行(ひこう) (hikō, “flight”) + 士(し) (-shi, “person of a certain qualification”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ひこーし [hìkóꜜòshì] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [çiko̞ːɕi]

Noun

飛(ひ)行(こう)士(し) • (hikōshi) ^{←ひかうし (fikausi)?}

1. a pilot (person in charge of the controls of an aircraft)

   Synonym: パイロット (pairotto)

Derived terms

• 宇宙(うちゅう)飛行士(ひこうし) (uchū hikōshi, “astronaut”)

See also

• 航空士(こうくうし) (kōkūshi)

References

• Kitahara, Yasuo, editor (2002), 明鏡国語辞典 (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, →ISBN