鹿兒島

See also: 鹿児島 and 鹿儿岛

Chinese

		deer	son; child; diminutive suffix	island
trad. (鹿兒島)		鹿	兒	島
simp. (鹿儿岛)		鹿	儿	岛

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 鹿児島 (Kagoshima).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Lù'érdǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨˋ ㄦˊ ㄉㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): luk⁶ ji⁴ dou²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Lù'érdǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨˋ ㄦˊ ㄉㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Lù-érdǎo
    • Wade–Giles: Lu⁴-êrh²-tao³
    • Yale: Lù-ér-dǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Luherldao
    • Palladius: Луэрдао (Luerdao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu⁵¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: luk⁶ ji⁴ dou²
    • Yale: luhk yìh dóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: luk⁹ ji⁴ dou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: lug⁶ yi⁴ dou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊk̚² jiː²¹ tou̯³⁵/

Proper noun

鹿兒島

1. (～縣) Kagoshima (a prefecture in southwestern Japan)
2. (～市) Kagoshima (the capital city of Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鹿	兒	島
か Grade: 4	こ > ご Jinmeiyō	しま Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Proper noun

鹿(か)兒(ご)島(しま) • (Kagoshima) 

1. Kyūjitai form of 鹿児島 (Kagoshima): Kagoshima

Okinawan

Kanji in this term
鹿	兒	島
か Grade: 4	く > ぐ Jinmeiyō	しま Grade: 3

Proper noun

鹿(か)兒(ぐ)島(しま) (Kagushima) 

1. Kyūjitai form of 鹿児島 (Kagushima, “Kagoshima”)