大阪

See also: 大坂

Chinese

	big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	a slope; hillside
trad. (大阪)	大	阪
simp. ^#(大阪)	大	阪
alternative forms	大坂

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Etymology

“Osaka”: Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 大阪 (Ōsaka, literally “large hill”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Dàbǎn

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄅㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ baan²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Tāi-pán

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Dàbǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄅㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Dàbǎn
  - Wade–Giles: Ta⁴-pan³
  - Yale: Dà-bǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Dahbaan
  - Palladius: Дабань (Dabanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ pän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: daai⁶ baan²
  - Yale: daaih báan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ baan²
  - Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ ban²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² paːn³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tāi-pán
  - Tâi-lô: Tāi-pán
  - Phofsit Daibuun: daixparn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tai²²⁻²¹ pan⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tai⁴¹⁻²² pan⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tai²²⁻²¹ pan⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tai³³⁻¹¹ pan⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tai³³⁻²¹ pan⁴¹/

Proper noun

大阪

(～市) Osaka (the capital city of Osaka Prefecture, Japan)
(～府) Osaka (a prefecture on the island of Honshu, Japan)
An orthographic borrowing of the Japanese surname 大阪・大坂, Ōsaka; or of 大阪・大坂, Ōzaka

Noun

大阪

(Classical) great hill; great mountain; great slope
- 天水有大坂，名隴山 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  天水有大坂，名陇山 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: 《太平御覽》
  Tiānshuǐ yǒu dàbǎn, míng Lǒng Shān [Pinyin]
  Tianshui has a great hill, called Mount Long.

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
大	阪
おお Grade: 1	さか Grade: 4
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
大坂 (obsolete)

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Wikipedia

Compound of 大 (ō, “large, great”) +‎ 阪 (saka, “hill”). The geographical area was historically known as 小坂 (Wosaka → Osaka, literally “little hill”) and was renamed to mean literally a “large hill”. ^[1]^[2]

Originally spelled as 大坂 until the early Meiji period, possibly for some superstitious reason.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) おおさか [òósáká] (Heiban – [0])^[3]
IPA^(key): [o̞ːsa̠ka̠]
Audio: (file)

Proper noun

大(おお)阪(さか) • (Ōsaka) ^{←おほさか (ofosaka)^?}

a placename, especially:
1. Short for 大阪府 (Ōsaka-fu): a prefecture in the 近畿 (Kinki) region of Japan facing the Seto Inland Sea
2. Short for 大阪市 (Ōsaka-shi): the capital city of Osaka Prefecture, Japan
a surname

Derived terms

Idioms

大(おお)阪(さか)の食(く)い倒(だお)れ (Ōsaka no kuidaore)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
大	阪
おお Grade: 1	さか > ざか Grade: 4
kun’yomi

This entry needs quotations to illustrate usage. If you come across any interesting, durably archived quotes then please add them!

The saka changes to zaka as an instance of rendaku (連濁)..

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [o̞ːza̠ka̠]

Proper noun

大(おお)阪(ざか) • (Ōzaka) ^{←おほざか (ofozaka)^?}

(obsolete) Alternative form of 大阪 (Ōsaka, placename)
- 2021, Todōfuken zukan [Prefectures picture book], page 88:
  
  大(おお)阪(さか)府(ふ)の由(ゆ)来(らい)　古( ふる)くは「おさか」「おおざか」とよばれ、「小(お)坂(さか)」「大(おお)坂(ざか)」から明(めい)治(じ)維(い)新(しん)後(ご)に「大(おお)阪(さか)」となった
  Ōsaka-fu no yurai Furuku wa “Osaka” “Ōzaka” to yobare, “Osaka” “Ōzaka” kara Meiji Ishin-go ni “Ōsaka” to natta
  Osaka prefecture origins: Formerly called “Osaka” [with a short o] or “Ōzaka” and written <小坂> or <大坂>, it became <大阪> [Ōsaka] after the Meiji Restoration
a surname

Coordinate terms

References

^ 大坂城のはじまり　『大坂城全史――歴史と構造の謎を解く』「はじめに」 - 中村博司
^ 浅井建爾『日本の地名がわかる事典』日本実業出版、1998年、→ISBN
^ 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[1] 大坂城のはじまり　『大坂城全史――歴史と構造の謎を解く』「はじめに」 - 中村博司

[2] 浅井建爾『日本の地名がわかる事典』日本実業出版、1998年、→ISBN

[NHK-3] 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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