Chinese

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rock; stone; 10 pecks wall
simp. and trad.
(石垣)
 
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Etymology

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Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 石垣 (Ishigaki).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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石垣

  1. () Ishigaki (a city in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan)
  2. An orthographic borrowing of the Japanese surname 石垣, Ishigaki

Derived terms

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
いし
Grade: 1
かき > がき
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(いし)(がき) (ishigaki

  1. stone wall

Proper noun

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(いし)(がき) (Ishigaki

  1. Ishigaki Island
  2. Ishigaki (a city in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan)
  3. a surname

References

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  1. ^ いし‐がき 【石垣】 ”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here (Note: Dialectal meanings, etymological theories, pronunciation including modern, dialectal, and historical information, Jōdai Tokushu Kanazukai, historical dictionaries containing this word, and the kanji spellings in those dictionaries have been omitted.)

Yaeyama

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Kanji in this term
Grade: 1 Grade: S

Pronunciation

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  • (Kuroshima) IPA(key): /ʔisanaki/

Proper noun

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石垣(いさなき) (Isanaki

  1. (Kuroshima) Ishigaki (island in the Yaeyama region)