ふ化する

• 読み: ふかする
• ローマ字: fukasuru
• 漢字の分解: 化 (ka) — change, transform; ふ (fu) — from 孵, meaning hatch/incubate (written in hiragana due to kanji rarity)
• 発音: /ɸɯ.ka.sɯ.ɾɯ/

意味

To hatch. The process of an egg producing a young animal, or artificially incubating eggs until they hatch.

A suru-verb meaning to hatch or incubate. Written as ふ化 (with hiragana ふ + kanji 化) because the original kanji 孵 is not in common use. Used both for natural hatching (eggs hatching on their own) and artificial incubation (ふ化器, fukaki, incubator). Common in biology, agriculture, and nature documentaries. The intransitive form ふ化する means 'to hatch' while the causative ふ化させる means 'to incubate/hatch (something).'

例文

1. ウミガメの卵が砂浜でふ化した。
2. この施設では鶏の卵を人工的にふ化させている。
3. ふ化したばかりのひなは目も開いていなかった。

使い方ガイド

場面: biology, agriculture, nature, science

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

From Sino-Japanese: 孵 (fu, hatch/incubate) + 化 (ka, change/transform). The kanji 孵 depicts a bird sitting on eggs. The ふ化 spelling uses hiragana because 孵 is a rare character outside specialist contexts.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal