See also: 白头山

Chinese edit

hoary head; white hair; whitehead mountain; hill
trad. (白頭山) 白頭
simp. (白头山) 白头

Etymology edit

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Pronunciation edit


Proper noun edit

白頭山

  1. Paektu Mountain (mountain on the border between China and North Korea)

Synonyms edit

Japanese edit

Etymology 1 edit

Kanji in this term
ぺく
Grade: 1
とぅ
Grade: 2
さん
Grade: 1
irregular

From Korean 백두산(白頭山) (baekdusan).

Alternative forms edit

  • (less common) 白頭山(ペクトサン) (Pekutosan)
  • (dated) 白頭山(はくとうさん) (hakutōsan)

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [pe̞kɯ̟ᵝtɯ̟ᵝsã̠ɴ]

Proper noun edit

白頭山(ペクトゥサン) (Pekutusan

  1. Paektu Mountain (a mountain on the border between North Korea and China)

Etymology 2 edit

Kanji in this term
ぺく
Grade: 1

Grade: 2
さん
Grade: 1
irregular

From Korean 백두산(白頭山) (baekdusan), with an irregular vowel suited to Japanese phonology.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [pe̞kɯ̟ᵝto̞sã̠ɴ]

Proper noun edit

白頭山(ペクトサン) (Pekutosan

  1. (less common) Alternative form of 白頭山 (Pekutusan, Paektu Mountain (a mountain on the border between North Korea and China))

Etymology 3 edit

Kanji in this term
はく
Grade: 1
とう
Grade: 2
さん
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Orthographic borrowing from Korean 백두산(白頭山) (baekdusan).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ha̠kɯ̟ᵝto̞ːsã̠ɴ]

Proper noun edit

(はく)(とう)(さん) (Hakutōsanはくとうさん (fakutousan)?

  1. (less common) Alternative form of 白頭山 (Pekutusan, Paektu Mountain (a mountain on the border between North Korea and China))

Korean edit

Hanja in this term

Proper noun edit

白頭山 (Paektusan) (hangeul 백두산)

  1. Hanja form? of 백두산 (Paektu Mountain (on the China-North Korea border)).