小学生

See also: 小學生

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 小学生 – see 小學生 (“primary school student; ignoramus; etc.”). (This term is the simplified form of 小學生).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
小	学	生
しょう Grade: 1	がく Grade: 1	せい Grade: 1
on'yomi	goon	kan'on

Alternative spelling
小學生 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

小(しょう)学(がく) (shōgaku, “elementary school”) + 生(せい) (-sei, “student; pupil”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しょーがくせー [shòógáꜜkùsèè] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1][2][3]
• (Tokyo) しょーがくせー [shòógákúꜜsèè] (Nakadaka – [4])^[1][3]
• IPA^(key): [ɕo̞ːɡa̠kɯ̟̊se̞ː]

Noun

小(しょう)学(がく)生(せい) • (shōgakusei) ^{←せうがくせい (seugakusei)?}

1. schoolchildren, schoolboy, schoolgirl (specifically those who attend elementary school)

   Coordinate terms: 中学生 (chūgakusei), 高校生 (kōkōsei), 大学生 (daigakusei)

References

1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
3. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN