疏水

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Chinese

negligent; sparse; thin water; river
trad. (疏水) 疏 水
simp. #(疏水) 疏 水

Pronunciation

Verb

疏水

  1. (chemistry) to be hydrophobic
    Antonym: 親水 / 亲水 (qīnshuǐ)

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
疏 水
そ
Jinmeiyō 		すい
Grade: 1
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
疎水
 疏水 on Japanese Wikipedia

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

疏(そ)水(すい) • (sosui) 

  1. irrigation canal
    • 2018 December 7, Kyoto city water department, “Biwako sosui no go-shōkai ”, in Kyoto-shi joge suidō-kyaku‎, archived from the original on March 5, 2019:
      第(だい)3(さん)代(だい)京(きょう)都(と)府(ふ)知(ち)事(じ)となった北(きた)垣(がき)国(くに)道(みち)は，明(めい)治(じ)維(い)新(しん)による東(とう)京(きょう)遷(せん)都(と)のため沈(しず)みきった京(きょう)都(と)に活(かつ)力(りょく)を呼(よ)び戻(もど)すため，琵(び)琶(わ)湖(こ)疏(そ)水(すい)の建(けん)設(せつ)を取(と)り上(あ)げました。
      Daisandai Kyōto-fu chiji to natta Kitagaki Kunimichi wa, Meiji Ishin ni yoru Tōkyō sento no tame shizumi kitta Kyōto ni katsuryoku o yobi modosu tame, Biwako sosui no kensetsu o tori-agemashita.
      The third governor of Kyoto prefecture, Kunimichi Kitagaki, in order to restore vitality that Kyoto had lost when the capital was relocated to Tokyo during the Meiji Restoration, undertook construction of the Lake Biwa canal.

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 疏水 – see the following entry.
【疎水そすい】
(chemistry) hydrophobicity
(This term, 疏水, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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