潮汐
Chinese
    
| tide; current; damp tide; current; damp; moist; humid | night tides; evening ebbtide | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (潮汐) | 潮 | 汐 | |
| simp. #(潮汐) | 潮 | 汐 | |
Etymology
    
From 朝夕 (zhāoxī, “morning and evening”).
Pronunciation
    
Synonyms
    
- (literary, or in compounds) 潮 (cháo)
Derived terms
    
Descendants
    
Japanese
    
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 潮 | 汐 | 
| ちょう Grade: 6 | せき Jinmeiyō | 
| on’yomi | |
Etymology
    
From Middle Chinese compound 潮汐 (drjew + zjek, literally “morning tide + evening tide”).
Derived terms
    
- 地球潮汐 (chikyūchōseki, “earth tide”)
- 潮汐学 (chōsekigaku, “tidology”)
- 潮汐発電 (chōsekihatsuden, “tidal power”)
- 潮汐表 (chōsekihyō, “tide table”)
- 潮汐摩擦 (chōsekimasatsu, “tidal friction”)
References
    
- Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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