集落

Japanese

Kanji in this term
集	落
しゅう Grade: 3	らく Grade: 3
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
聚落

Etymology

/sipuraku/ → /siɸuraku/ → */siwuraku/ → /siuraku/ → /syuːraku/.

集 is a daiyōji replacing 聚.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しゅうらく [shùúrákú] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) しゅ​うらく [shúꜜùràkù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɕɨᵝːɾa̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

集(しゅう)落(らく) • (shūraku) ^{←しふらく (sifuraku)?}

1. a place where people gather to live their lives; a village or hamlet