熊本

Chinese

bear; to scold; to rebuke
 
roots or stems of plants; origin; source
roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; (a measure word)
trad. (熊本)
simp. #(熊本)

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 熊本(くまもと) (Kumamoto).

Pronunciation


Proper noun

熊本

  1. () Kumamoto (a prefecture in southwestern Japan)
  2. () Kumamoto (the capital city of Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
くま
Grade: 4
もと
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

    • (Tokyo) まもと [kùmámótó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
    • IPA(key): [kɯ̟ᵝma̠mo̞to̞]

    Proper noun

    (くま)(もと) • (Kumamoto) 

    1. Kumamoto (the capital city of Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan)
    2. Kumamoto (a prefecture in southwestern Kyushu, Japan)
    3. a surname

    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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