福岡県

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ふく
Grade: 3
おか
Grade: 4
けん
Grade: 3
on’yomi kun’yomi kan’on
Alternative spelling
岡縣 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 福岡 (Fukuoka) + (-ken, prefecture).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) くおかけん [fùkúókáꜜkèǹ] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɸɯ̟ᵝkɯ̟ᵝo̞ka̠kẽ̞ɴ]

Proper noun

(ふく)(おか)(けん) • (Fukuoka-ken) ふくをかけん (fukwokaken)?

  1. a prefecture in Japan on the northern part of 九州 (Kyūshū, Kyushu) facing the Sea of Japan; its capital city is also 福岡 (Fukuoka)

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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