福岡

See also: 福冈

Chinese

		good fortune; happiness; luck good fortune; happiness; luck; Fujian province (abbrev.); surname	ridge; mound
trad. (福岡)		福	岡
simp. (福冈)		福	冈

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 福岡(ふくおか) (Fukuoka).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Fúgāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˊ ㄍㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fuk¹ gong¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Hok-kong

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Fúgāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˊ ㄍㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Fúgang
    • Wade–Giles: Fu²-kang¹
    • Yale: Fú-gāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Fwugang
    • Palladius: Фуган (Fugan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu³⁵ kɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fuk¹ gong¹
    • Yale: fūk gōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fuk⁷ gong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fug¹ gong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fʊk̚⁵ kɔːŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hok-kong
    • Tâi-lô: Hok-kong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hokkofng
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hɔk̚³²⁻⁴ kɔŋ⁴⁴/

Proper noun

福岡

1. (～縣) Fukuoka (a prefecture in northern Kyushu, Japan)
2. (～市) Fukuoka (the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
福	岡
ふく Grade: 3	おか Grade: 4
jūbakoyomi

Alternative spelling
福岡 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ふく​おか [fùkúꜜòkà] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟̊ᵝkɯ̟ᵝo̞ka̠]

Proper noun

福(ふく)岡(おか) • (Fukuoka) ^{←ふくをか (fukwoka)?}

1. Fukuoka (the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan)
2. Fukuoka (a prefecture in northern Kyushu, Japan)
3. Fukuoka (several smaller localities in Japan)
4. a surname

Derived terms

• 福(ふく)岡県(おかけん) (Fukuoka-ken)
• 福(ふく)岡市(おかし) (Fukuoka-shi)