小学生

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See also: 小學生

Chinese

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

Japanese

Kanji in this term
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

(しょう)(がく) (shōgaku, elementary school) + (せい) (-sei, student; pupil).

Pronunciation

Noun

(しょう)(がく)(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. 1.0 1.1 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. 3.0 3.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN