See also: 村长

Chinese edit

village
 
long; length; forever
long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop
trad. (村長)
simp. (村长)

Pronunciation edit


Noun edit

村長

  1. village head

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
そん
Grade: 1
ちょう
Grade: 2
on’yomi
 市町村長 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology edit

From (son, village) +‎ (-chō, head).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(そん)(ちょう) (sonchōそんちやう (sontyau)?

  1. (of a village) a mayor

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean edit

Hanja in this term

Noun edit

村長 (chonjang) (hangeul 촌장)

  1. Hanja form? of 촌장.