分点
See also: 分點
Chinese
| For pronunciation and definitions of 分点 – see 分點 (“equinox”). (This term is the simplified form of 分點). |
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Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 分 | 点 |
| ぶん Grade: 2 |
てん Grade: 2 |
| goon | on'yomi |
| Alternative spelling |
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| 分點 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology
May be ultimately from Middle Chinese 分點 (MC pjun|bjunH temX, “equinox”, literally “dividing point”). First attested in Japanese in 1783.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
分点 • (bunten)
- [date uncertain] (astronomy) an equinox
- Coordinate terms: 春分 (shunbun, “spring equinox”), 春分点 (shunbunten, “spring equinox”), 秋分 (shūbun, “autumn equinox”), 秋分点 (shūbunten, “autumn equinox”), 至点 (shiten, “solstice”), 夏至 (geshi, “summer solstice”), 夏至点 (geshiten, “summer solstice”), 冬至 (tōji, “winter solstice”), 冬至点 (tōjiten, “winter solstice”)
- [1783] (archaic, possibly obsolete, punctuation) a comma
- Synonym: コンマ (konma, “comma”, in the context of non-Japanese text)
- [1903] (archaic, possibly obsolete) a branching point or junction in a line, road, etc.
- Synonym: 分岐点 (bunkiten)
Derived terms
- 分点月 (buntengetsu, “tropical month”)
References
- ^ “分点”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten][1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN