石垣
Chinese edit
rock; stone; 10 pecks | wall | ||
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simp. and trad. (石垣) |
石 | 垣 |
Etymology edit
Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 石垣 (Ishigaki).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
石垣
- (~市) Ishigaki (a city in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan)
- An orthographic borrowing of the Japanese surname 石垣, Ishigaki
Derived terms edit
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | |
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石 | 垣 |
いし Grade: 1 |
かき > がき Grade: S |
kun’yomi |
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
- stone wall
Proper noun edit
References edit
- ^ “いし‐がき 【石垣】”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”) [1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here (Note: Dialectal meanings, etymological theories, pronunciation including modern, dialectal, and historical information, Jōdai Tokushu Kanazukai, historical dictionaries containing this word, and the kanji spellings in those dictionaries have been omitted.)
Yaeyama edit
Kanji in this term | |
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石 | 垣 |
Grade: 1 | Grade: S |
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
石垣 (Isanaki)
- (Kuroshima) Ishigaki (island in the Yaeyama region)