微塵子

Japanese

Kanji in this term
微	塵	子
み Grade: S	じん Hyōgai	こ Grade: 1
goon		kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
水蚤

Etymology

From 微塵 (mijin, “small fragment or piece”) +‎ 子 (-ko, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) みじんこ [mìjíńkó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [mʲiʑĩŋko̞]

Noun

微(み)塵(じん)子(こ) or 微塵子(ミジンコ) • (mijinko) ^{←みぢんこ (midinko) or ミヂンコ (midinko)^?}

a water flea of the genus Daphnia

Derived terms

微(ミ)塵(ジン)子(コ)輪(ワ)虫(ムシ) (mijinko wamushi)
貝(カイ)微(ミ)塵(ジン)子(コ) (kai mijinko)
剣(ケン)微(ミ)塵(ジン)子(コ) (ken mijinko)
玉(タマ)微(ミ)塵(ジン)子(コ) (tama mijinko)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN