Japanese symbol for “telescope”
望遠鏡
ぼうえんきょう
Romaji: bouenkyou
telescope
In Japanese, telescope is 望遠鏡, read ぼうえんきょう (bouenkyou).
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Meanings
- n telescope
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “telescope”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 出目金 | でめきん demekin | telescope (variety of goldfish); telescope eye; demekin |
| テレスコープ | テレスコープ teresukoopu | telescope |
| 千里鏡 | せんりきょう senrikyou | telescope |
| 遠眼鏡 | とおめがね toomegane | telescope |
| ぼうえんきょう座 | ぼうえんきょうざ bouenkyouza | Telescopium (constellation); the Telescope |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 希望 | きぼう kibou | hope; wish; aspiration |
| 絶望 | ぜつぼう zetsubou | despair; hopelessness |
| 要望 | ようぼう youbou | demand for; request |
| 望む | のぞむ nozomu | to desire; to want; to wish for |
| 展望 | てんぼう tenbou | view; outlook; prospect |
| 願望 | がんぼう ganbou | desire; wish; aspiration |
| 永遠 | えいえん eien | eternity; perpetuity; permanence |
| 遠慮 | えんりょ enryo | reserve; constraint; restraint |
| 眼鏡 | めがね megane | glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles |
See also: Chinese symbol for “telescope”.
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