川中島
Chinese edit
island | |||
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trad. (川中島) | 川中 | 島 | |
simp. (川中岛) | 川中 | 岛 |
Etymology edit
Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 川中島 (Kawanakajima).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
川中島
- Kawanakajima (clarification of this definition is needed)
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | ||
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川 | 中 | 島 |
かわ Grade: 1 |
なか Grade: 1 |
しま > じま Grade: 3 |
kun’yomi |
Etymology edit
From 川中 (Kawanaka, placename in Nagano Prefecture, literally “middle stream”) + 島 (shima, “island”).
The shima changes to jima as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Proper noun edit
川中島 • (Kawanakajima) ←かはなかじま (Kafanakazima)?