Chinese

Noun

水底

1. bottom or bed of a body of water

Derived terms

Japanese

Etymology 1

Compound of Old Japanese elements 水 ‎(mizu, “water”) +‎ 底 ‎(soko, “bottom”).^[1][2]

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• みずそこ (Heiban)^[2]
• IPA^(key): [mizɯᵝso̞ko̞]

Noun

水底 ‎(hiragana みずそこ, romaji mizusoko)

1. the bottom or bed of a body of water

Etymology 2

Compound of Old Japanese elements 水 ‎(mi, “water”) +‎ な ‎(na, Old Japanese possessive particle) +‎ 底 ‎(soko, “bottom”).^[1][2]

Sometimes also read as minazoko. The soko changes to zoko as an instance of rendaku (連濁). ^[1]

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• みなそこ (Heiban)^[2][3]
• みなぞこ (Heiban)^[2][3]
• IPA^(key): [mina̠so̞ko̞], [mina̠zo̞ko̞]

Noun

水底 ‎(hiragana みなそこ, romaji minasoko) (alternative reading hiragana みなぞこ, romaji minazoko)

1. the bottom or bed of a body of water

Etymology 3

From Middle Chinese compound 水底 ‎(sywijX *děi, literally “water bottom”). Compare modern Mandarin 水底 ‎(shuǐdǐ).

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• すいてい (Heiban)^[2][3]
• IPA^(key): [sɯᵝite̞ː]

Noun

水底 ‎(hiragana すいてい, romaji suitei)

1. the bottom or bed of a body of water

Derived terms

• 水底線 (すいていせん, ​suiteisen): an underwater cable, such as on the seabed or a riverbed
• 水底植物 (すいていしょくぶつ, ​suitei shokubutsu): a benthophyte: a plant that grows on the bed of a body of water

References

1. 1 2 3 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
3. 1 2 3 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3