櫻井

Chinese

		cherry	warn; well
trad. (櫻井)		櫻	井
simp. (樱井)		樱	井

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 桜井 (Sakurai).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Yīngjǐng

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄥ ㄐㄧㄥˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Yīngjǐng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄥ ㄐㄧㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Yingjǐng
    • Wade–Giles: Ying¹-ching³
    • Yale: Yīng-jǐng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Ingjiing
    • Palladius: Инцзин (Inczin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Proper noun

櫻井

1. (～市) Sakurai (a city in Nara Prefecture, Japan)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
櫻	井
さくら Jinmeiyō	い Grade: 4
kun’yomi

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) さく​らい [sàkúꜜràì] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [sa̠kɯ̟ᵝɾa̠i]

Proper noun

櫻(さくら)井(い) • (Sakurai) ^{←さくらゐ (sakurawi)?}

1. Sakurai (a neighborhood of Asahi, Chiba Prefecture, Japan)
2. a surname
3. Kyūjitai form of 桜井

Descendants

• → Chinese: 櫻井／樱井 (Yīngjǐng)
• → English: Sakurai