看護師

Japanese

Kanji in this term
看	護	師
かん Grade: 6	ご Grade: 5	し Grade: 5
on'yomi

Etymology

看護(かんご) (kango, “nursing”) + 師(し) (-shi, “-ist; expert”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) かんごし [kàńgóꜜshì] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [kã̠ŋɡo̞ɕi]

Noun

看(かん)護(ご)師(し) • (kangoshi)

nurse

Related terms

看護婦(かんごふ) (kangofu)
看護士(かんごし) (kangoshi)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (2016), NHK日本語発音アクセント新辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2020), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Eighth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
看	護	師

Noun

看護師 • (ganhosa) (hangeul 간호사)

hanja form^? of 간호사 (“nurse”)