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幻日環 (genjitsukan) Japanese meaning: parhelic circle | Kotomora

幻げん日じつ環かん

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Meanings

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parhelic circle

A rare atmospheric optical phenomenon: a white horizontal circle at the same altitude as the sun, caused by reflection of sunlight from ice crystals.

幻げん日じつ環かんは、太たい陽ようと同おなじ高たかさに現あらわれる白しろい光ひかりの

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A parhelic circle is a white ring of light that appears at the same altitude as the sun.

Kanji

幻phantasm, vision, dream
日day, sun, Japan
環ring, circle, loop

Related words

幻げん日じつ
幻日 (parhelion/sun dog) is a bright spot on the parhelic circle, while 幻日環 is the entire circle itself.

Built from

幻げん日じつ+環かん

Etymology

Compound of 幻日 (parhelion) + 環 (ring/circle). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the term is a modern scientific coinage for the atmospheric phenomenon.