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幻日環 (げんじつかん) Japanese meaning | 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

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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.