熱帯

See also: 熱帶

Japanese

Kanji in this term
熱	帯
ねつ > ねっ Grade: 4	たい Grade: 4
goon

Alternative spelling
熱帶 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Literary Chinese 熱帶／热带 (rèdài, literally “heat, high temperature + belt, zone, area”), which was coined by missionaries in China.[1]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ねったい [nèttáí] (Heiban – [0])[2][3][4]
IPA^(key): [ne̞t̚ta̠i]

Noun

熱(ねっ)帯(たい) • (nettai)

(geography) the tropics

Derived terms

亜(あ)熱帯(ねったい) (anettai, “subtropics”)

See also

References

https://dlisv03.media.osaka-cu.ac.jp/contents/osakacu/youshi/3499.pdf#search=%22%22
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
1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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