大宇宙

Chinese

big; great; huge
big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
 
universe; cosmos; macrocosm
universe; cosmos; macrocosm; space; roof, ridgepole and beams
 
simp. and trad.
(大宇宙) 		大 宇宙

Pronunciation

Noun

大宇宙

  1. (philosophy) macrocosm
    Antonym: 小宇宙 (xiǎoyǔzhòu)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (大宇宙):
  • → Japanese: 大宇宙(だいうちゅう) (daiuchū)
  • → Korean: 대우주(大宇宙) (dae'uju)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
大 宇 宙
だい
Grade: 1 		う
Grade: 6 		ちゅう
Grade: 6
on'yomi

Etymology

Calque of German Makrokosmos, equivalent to 大(だい) (dai-) + 宇(う)宙(ちゅう) (uchū).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) だいうちゅう [dàíúꜜchùù] (Nakadaka – [3])[2][3]
  • IPA(key): [da̠iɯ̟t͡ɕɨː]

Noun

大(だい)宇(う)宙(ちゅう) • (daiuchū) 

  1. (philosophy) macrocosm[4]

Antonyms

References

  1. ^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2020), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Eighth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ^ Ineko Kondō, Fumi Takano, Mary E. Althaus, et al. (2002), Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, third edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN
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