蛍光

Japanese

Kanji in this term
蛍	光
けい Grade: S	こう Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 螢光

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) けーこー [kèékóó] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
- IPA^(key): [ke̞ːko̞ː]

Noun

蛍光 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 螢光, hiragana けいこう, rōmaji keikō, historical hiragana けいくわう)

the light of a firefly
Synonym: 蛍火 (hotarubi)
(physics) fluorescence

Derived terms

蛍光体 (けいこうたい) (keikōtai, “fluorescent substance”)
蛍 (けい)光 (こう)灯 (とう) (keikōtō, “fluorescent lamp”)
蛍 (けい)光 (こう)塗 (と)料 (りょう) (keikō toryō, “luminous paint”)
蛍 (けい)光 (こう)ペン (keikō pen, “highlighter”)
緑色蛍光蛋白質 (りょくしょくけいこうたんぱくしつ) (ryokushoku keikō tanpakushitsu, “green fluorescent protein”)

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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