Chinese

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divergent; side road; steep abundant; mound
trad. (岐阜)
simp. #(岐阜)

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岐阜

  1. () Gifu (a prefecture of Japan)
  2. () Gifu (a city in Gifu Prefecture, Japan)

Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 4

Grade: 4
on'yomi

Etymology

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Blend of 岐山 +‎ 曲阜, of which the former is the place where Zhou Dynasty originated and the latter is the place of birth of Confucius. Coined by Oda Nobunaga.

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()() (Gifu

  1. Gifu (the capital city of Gifu Prefecture, Japan)
  2. Gifu (a prefecture of Japan)
  3. a surname

Descendants

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  • English: Gifu
  • Russian: Ги́фу m (Gífu)

References

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  1. ^ 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