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宇宙像 (うちゅうぞう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

宇う宙ちゅう像ぞう

Meanings

1

noun

cosmology; picture of the universe

Refers to a conceptual or scientific model of the universe, or a worldview about the cosmos.

古こ代だいの宇う宙ちゅう像ぞうは現げん代だいのものと大おおきく異ことなる。
Ancient cosmologies differ greatly from modern ones.
この理り論ろんは新あたらしい宇う宙ちゅう像ぞうを提てい示じしている。
This theory presents a new picture of the universe.

Kanji

宇eaves, roof, house
宙mid-air, air, space
像statue, picture, image

Similar words

宇う宙ちゅう論ろん
宇宙論 is the more common term for 'cosmology' as an academic field, while 宇宙像 emphasizes the resulting model or image of the universe.

Etymology

Compound of 宇宙 (uchuu, 'universe') and 像 (zou, 'image, statue, figure'). The reading ぞう is a standard rendaku form of そう.