Chinese edit

rock; stone; 10 pecks wall
simp. and trad.
(石垣)
 
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Etymology edit

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 石垣 (Ishigaki).

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Proper noun edit

石垣

  1. () Ishigaki (a city in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan)
  2. An orthographic borrowing of the Japanese surname 石垣, Ishigaki

Derived terms edit

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
いし
Grade: 1
かき > がき
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(いし)(がき) (ishigaki

  1. stone wall

Proper noun edit

(いし)(がき) (Ishigaki

  1. Ishigaki Island
  2. Ishigaki (a city in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan)
  3. a surname

References edit

  1. ^ 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
Grade: 1 Grade: S

Pronunciation edit

  • (Kuroshima) IPA(key): /ʔisanaki/

Proper noun edit

石垣(いさなき) (Isanaki

  1. (Kuroshima) Ishigaki (island in the Yaeyama region)