北海道

Chinese
the most remote area in the north; North Sea
 
direction; way; method
direction; way; method; road; path; principle; truth; reason; skill; Tao (of Taoism); a measure word; to say; to speak; to talk
trad. (北海道) 北海 道
simp. #(北海道) 北海 道

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 北海道(ほっかいどう) (Hokkaidō).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

北海道

  1. Hokkaido (an island and prefecture of Japan)

Japanese
北海道 (Hokkaidō): Hokkaido.
Kanji in this term
北 海 道
ほく > ほっ
Grade: 2		 かい
Grade: 2		 どう
Grade: 2
on’yomi goon
Alternative spelling
北海道 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 北海 (hokkai, “northern sea”) +‎ 道 (-dō, “circuit”).

Coined in 1869; see 北海道 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ja Before that, the region was known as 蝦夷地 (Ezochi, literally “land of the northern barbarians”).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ほっか​いどー [hòkkáꜜìdòò] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ho̞k̚ka̠ido̞ː]

Proper noun

北(ほっ)海(かい)道(どう) • (Hokkaidō) ←ほくかいだう (fokukaidau)?

  1. an island prefecture on the northern part of Japan; its capital city is 札幌 (Sapporo)
    Synonym: 北海 (Hokkai)

Derived terms
  • 北(ホッ)海(カイ)道(ドウ)犬(イヌ) (Hokkaidō inu)
  • 北海道(ほっかいどう)旧土人(きゅうどじん)保護法(ほごほう) (Hokkaidōkyūdojinhogohō)
  • 北(ホッ)海(カイ)道(ドウ)犬(ケン) (Hokkaidō-ken)
  • 北海道(ほっかいどう)神宮(じんぐう) (Hokkaidō Jingū)
  • 北海道(ほっかいどう)庁(ちょう) (Hokkaidō-chō)
  • 道庁(どうちょう) (Dōchō)

Descendants
  • → English: Hokkaido
  • → Korean: 홋카이도 (Hotkaido), 혹가이도 (Hokgaido), 북해도 (Bukhaedo)

See also

References
  1. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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