熊田
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | |
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熊 | 田 |
くま Grade: 4 (ateji) |
た > だ Grade: 1 |
kun’yomi |
Kanji in this term | |
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熊 | 田 |
くま Grade: 4 (ateji) |
た Grade: 1 |
kun’yomi |
Etymology edit
From compound of くま (kuma, “curved place, corner”) + 田 (ta, “field, paddy”), literally, “winding (rice) field”. The ta changes to da as an instance of rendaku (連濁). The kanji 熊 (kuma, “bear”) is an ateji (当て字) of くま.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
- Kumada (neighborhoods in Japan):
- a surname
Descendants edit
- → English: Kumada