栃木

Chinese

			tree; wood
trad. (栃木)		栃	木
simp. #(栃木)		栃	木
alternative forms		櫪木／枥木

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Lìmù

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˋ ㄇㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lai⁶ muk⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Lìmù
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˋ ㄇㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Lìmù
    • Wade–Giles: Li⁴-mu⁴
    • Yale: Lì-mù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Lihmuh
    • Palladius: Лиму (Limu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁵¹⁻⁵³ mu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lai⁶ muk⁶
    • Yale: laih muhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lai⁶ muk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lei⁶ mug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐi̯²² mʊk̚²/

Proper noun

栃木

1. (～縣) Tochigi (a prefecture of Japan)
2. (～市) Tochigi (a city in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
栃	木
とち Grade: 4	き > ぎ Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology

Also called 橡木 or 杤木, the use of 栃 as official name was proposed in October 1872, and finalized in April 1879.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) と​ちぎ [tóꜜchìgì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [to̞t͡ɕiɡʲi]

Proper noun

栃(とち)木(ぎ) • (Tochigi) 

1. Tochigi (a city in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan)
2. Tochigi (a prefecture in eastern Honshu, Japan)
3. a surname

Derived terms

• 栃木県

 

References

• 増殖難読漢字辞典
• 県民の日・とちぎの由来