特別区

Japanese
特別区 (tokubetsuku): a map of the 23 special wards of Tokyo.
Kanji in this term
特 別 区
とく
Grade: 4		 べつ
Grade: 4		 く
Grade: 3
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
特別區 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 特別 (tokubetsu, “special”) +‎ 区 (ku, “ward, district”).[1][2][3][4]

Pronunciation

Noun

特(とく)別(べつ)区(く) • (tokubetsuku) 

  1. a special ward, a district (a municipal or other geographic administrative area)
  2. (specifically) one of the 23 special wards of Tokyo

See also

References
  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. 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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