飛行士

Japanese

Kanji in this term
飛	行	士
ひ Grade: 4	こう Grade: 2	し Grade: 5
on’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 飛行(ひこう) (hikō, “flight”) + 士(し) (-shi, “person of a certain qualification”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ひこーし [hìkóꜜòshì] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
IPA^(key): [çiko̞ːɕi]

Noun

飛(ひ)行(こう)士(し) • (hikōshi) ^{←ひかうし (fikausi)^?}

a pilot (person in charge of the controls of an aircraft)
Synonym: パイロット (pairotto)

Derived terms

宇宙(うちゅう)飛行士(ひこうし) (uchū hikōshi, “astronaut”)

See also

航空士(こうくうし) (kōkūshi)

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

2002, Yasuo Kitahara, 明鏡国語辞典 (Meikyō Kokugo Jiten), First Edition (in Japanese), Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, →ISBN

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