和歌

Chinese

		Japanese	song
simp. and trad. (和歌)		和	歌

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 和歌(わか) (waka).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hégē

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ ㄍㄜ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wo⁴ go¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hô-koa

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hégē
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄍㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hége
    • Wade–Giles: ho²-ko¹
    • Yale: hé-gē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: herge
    • Palladius: хэгэ (xɛgɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵ kɤ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wo⁴ go¹
    • Yale: wòh gō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wo⁴ go¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wo⁴ go¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔː²¹ kɔː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hô-koa
    • Tâi-lô: hô-kua
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoi'koaf
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ho²⁴⁻²² kua⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ho²⁴⁻²² kua³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ho¹³⁻²² kua⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ho²⁴⁻¹¹ kua⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ²³⁻³³ kua⁴⁴/

Noun

和歌

1. waka (a style of Japanese poetry)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
和	歌
わ Grade: 3	か Grade: 2
on’yomi

Noun

和(わ)歌(か) • (waka) 

1. Japanese poetry, waka
2. tanka: 31-mora poetry having the pattern 5-7-5 7-7

See also

• 短歌
• 長歌
• 仏足石歌
• 旋頭歌
• 片歌