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白夜

白夜

Chinese

		white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous	night
simp. and trad. (白夜)		白	夜

Noun

白夜

the midnight sun

See also

極晝／极昼, 極夜／极夜

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
白	夜
びゃく Grade: 1	や Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

On'yomi: Goon
(Tokyo) びゃくや [byáꜜkùyà] (Atamadaka - [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [bja̠kɯᵝja̠]

Noun

白夜 ‎(hiragana びゃくや, romaji byakuya)

the midnight sun

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
白	夜
はく Grade: 1	や Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

On'yomi: Kan'on
(Tokyo) はくや [háꜜkùyà] (Atamadaka - [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ha̠kɯᵝja̠]

Noun

白夜 ‎(hiragana はくや, romaji hakuya)

the midnight sun

See also

極夜 (きょくや) ‎(kyokuya)

References

1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9

Korean

Hanja in this term
白	夜

Noun

白夜 • ‎(baegya, McCune-Reischauer: paegya, Yale: payk.ya) ‎(hangeul 백야)

Hanja form^? of 백야, “midnight sun”.