茨城
See also: 茨木
Chinese edit
Tribulus terrestris; thatched hut | city walls; city; town | ||
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trad. (茨城) | 茨 | 城 | |
simp. #(茨城) | 茨 | 城 |
Etymology edit
Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 茨城 (Ibaraki).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
茨城
- (~縣) Ibaraki (a prefecture of Japan)
Japanese edit
Etymology 1 edit
Kanji in this term | |
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茨 | 城 |
いばら Grade: 4 |
き Grade: 4 |
kun’yomi |
According to legend, people in the age of Emperor Sujin (崇神) built a thorny castle (茨の城) there and wiped out burglars.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Descendants edit
- Russian: Ибара́ки f (Ibaráki)
Etymology 2 edit
Kanji in this term | |
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茨 | 城 |
いばら Grade: 4 |
き > ぎ Grade: 4 |
kun’yomi |
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
- (proscribed) Alternative form of 茨城 (Ibaraki)
Further reading edit
- 茨城県 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ja
References edit
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN