白亜紀

Japanese
Kanji in this term
白 亜 紀
はく
Grade: 1		 あ
Grade: S		 き
Grade: 5
kan’on
Alternative spellings
白亞紀 (kyūjitai)
白堊紀 (dated)

Etymology

白亜 (hakua, “white chalk”) +‎ 紀 (-ki, “period”); appears no later than 1883 (in the book 地学要略), but the precise time is unknown.

亜 is a daiyōji replacing 堊.

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) はくあ​き [hàkúáꜜkì] (Nakadaka – [3])
  • IPA(key): [ha̠kɯ̟ᵝa̠kʲi]

Proper noun

白(はく)亜(あ)紀(き) • (Hakuaki) 

  1. the Cretaceous
    • 2002 September 30 [1996 September 25], Fujiko F. Fujio, のび太(た)と銀(ぎん)河(が)超特急(エクスプレス) (大長編ドラえもん; 16), 20th edition, volume 16 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 126:
      「オルニトミムス」白(はく)亜(あ)紀(き)後(こう)半(はん)のダチョウ型(がた)恐(きょう)竜(りゅう)。猛(もう)スピードで走(はし)りまわる。雑(ざっ)食(しょく)性(せい)。木(こ)の実(み)などなんでも食(た)べる。
      “Orunitomimusu” Hakuaki kōhan no dachōgata kyōryū. Mō-supīdo de hashirimawaru. Zasshokusei. Ko no mi nado nan demo taberu.
      Ornithomimus: Ostrich-like dinosaurs of the late Cretaceous. These are extremely fast runners. They are also omnivores. They eat fruit and other things.

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