島根

See also: 岛根

Chinese

		island	radical (chem.); root; basis
trad. (島根)		島	根
simp. (岛根)		岛	根

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Dǎogēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄠˇ ㄍㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dou² gan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Dǎogēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˇ ㄍㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Dǎogen
    • Wade–Giles: Tao³-kên¹
    • Yale: Dǎu-gēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Daogen
    • Palladius: Даогэнь (Daogɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ kən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dou² gan¹
    • Yale: dóu gān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dou² gan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dou² gen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tou̯³⁵ kɐn⁵⁵/

Proper noun

島根

1. (～縣) Shimane (a prefecture of Japan)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
島	根
しま Grade: 3	ね Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) し​まね [shíꜜmànè] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɕima̠ne̞]

Proper noun

島(しま)根(ね) • (Shimane) 

1. Shimane, the name of a prefecture in the Chūgoku region of Japan