山口
Chinese edit
mountain; hill | mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils) | ||
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simp. and trad. (山口) |
山 | 口 |
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
山口
- mountain pass
- (music) nut (small piece at the peghead end of the fingerboard that holds the strings at the proper spacing and, the proper height on traditional Chinese stringed instruments such as pipa and sanxian)
- (music) blowing aperture (on the xiao, the Chinese vertical bamboo flute)
Synonyms edit
- (mountain pass): 隘口 (àikǒu)
(chiefly in placenames) 達坂/达坂 (dábǎn)
Etymology 2 edit
Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 山口 (Yamaguchi).
Proper noun edit
山口
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | |
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山 | 口 |
やま Grade: 1 |
くち > ぐち Grade: 1 |
kun’yomi |
Etymology edit
Compound of 山 (yama, “mountain”) + 口 (kuchi, “mouth; opening, gateway”).[1][2] The kuchi changes to guchi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
- Yamaguchi (a prefecture of Japan)
- Yamaguchi (the capital city of Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan)
- a surname
See also edit
- 山口県 (Yamaguchi-ken): Yamaguchi prefecture
- 山口市 (Yamaguchi-shi): Yamaguchi city
References edit
Okinawan edit
Kanji in this term | |
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山 | 口 |
やま Grade: 1 |
くち > ぐち Grade: 1 |
irregular | kun’yomi |
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
山口 (Yamaguchi)
- Yamaguchi (a prefecture of Japan)
- Yamaguchi (the capital city of Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan)
See also edit
- 山口県 (Yamaguchi-chin): Yamaguchi prefecture
References edit
- “ヤマグチ” in Okinawa Center of Language Study, Shuri-Naha Dialect Dictionary (archived; reopens 2024).