釜山

Chinese

		kettle; cauldron	mountain; hill
simp. and trad. (釜山)		釜	山

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Fǔshān

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˇ ㄕㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fu² saan¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Hú-san

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Fǔshān
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˇ ㄕㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Fǔshan
    • Wade–Giles: Fu³-shan¹
    • Yale: Fǔ-shān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Fuushan
    • Palladius: Фушань (Fušanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fu² saan¹
    • Yale: fú sāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fu² saan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fu² san¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː³⁵ saːn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hú-san
    • Tâi-lô: Hú-san
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hwsafn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ san⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ san³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ san⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ san⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ san⁴⁴/

Proper noun

釜山

1. Busan (a city in South Korea)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
釜	山
プ Grade: S	サン Grade: 1
irregular

From Korean 부산 (釜山, Busan).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) プ​サン [púꜜsàǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [pɯ̟ᵝsã̠ɴ]

Proper noun

釜(プ)山(サン) • (Pusan) 

1. Busan (a city in South Korea)

   「釜山(プサン)港(こう)へ帰(かえ)れ」

   “Pusan-kō e Kaere”

   Return to Pusan Port (1972 song)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
釜	山
ふ Grade: S	さん Grade: 1
kan’on

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟ᵝsã̠ɴ]

Proper noun

釜(ふ)山(さん) • (Fusan) 

1. (historical, including colonial) Busan (a city in South Korea)
   • 1781, 康遇聖 [Gang Useong], 重刊改修捷解新語 (Chōkan kaishū Shōkai shingo)‎^NKL, volume 1:

     ふ(후)さん(산)よ(요)り(리) こ(고)の(노)は(호)う(우)に(니)

     Fusan yori kono hō ni

     From Pusan to me

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
釜	山
ふ Grade: S	さん > ざん Grade: 1
kan’on

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟ᵝzã̠ɴ]

Proper noun

釜(ふ)山(ざん) • (Fuzan) 

1. (historical, including colonial) Busan (a city in South Korea)
   • 1906, 大和田建樹, 天谷秀, 満韓鉄道唱歌

     あれよと指(ゆび)さす程(ほど)もなく　船(ふね)は釜(ふ)山(ざん)に着(つ)きにけり

     are yo to yubisasu hodo mo naku fune wa Fuzan ni tsukinikeri

     before one can point to it and say, 'There it is!' our boat has arrived in Pusan

   • 1929, 濱(はま)田(だ)耕(こう)作(さく) [Kōsaku Hamada], 博(はく)物(ぶつ)館(かん) (Hakubutsukan)‎^[1]:

     こゝは釜(ふ)山(ざん)から京(けい)城(じよう)へ行(ゆ)く汽(き)車(しや)に乘(の)つて、一(いち)時(じ)間(かん)ばかりで大(たい)邱(きゆう)に着(つ)き、そこで下(げ)車(しや)して自(じ)動(どう)車(しや)で東(ひがし)の方(ほう)へ三(さん)四(よ)時(じ)間(かん)も走(はし)るとすぐ行(ゆ)かれる所(ところ)です。

     Koko wa Fuzan kara Keijō e yuku kisha ni notte, ichi-jikan bakari de Taikyū ni tsuki, soko de gesha shite jidōsha de higashi no hō e san-yo-jikan mo hashiru to sugu yukareru tokoro desu.

     This place (Gyeongju) can be reached by taking a train from Busan to Gyeongseong, arriving at Daegu in about an hour, getting off there, and driving east for three to four hours by car.

Korean

Hanja in this term
釜	山

Proper noun

釜山 • (Busan) (hangeul 부산)

1. Hanja form^? of 부산 (“Busan”).