岐阜県

Japanese

Kanji in this term
岐 阜 県
ぎ
Grade: 4
ふ
Grade: 4
けん
Grade: 3
goon kan’yōon kan’on
Alternative spelling
岐阜縣 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 岐阜 (Gifu) +‎ 県 (-ken, “prefecture”).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ぎふ​けん [gìfúꜜkèǹ] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɡʲiɸɯ̟ᵝkẽ̞ɴ]

Proper noun

岐(ぎ)阜(ふ)県(けん) • (Gifu-ken) 

  1. an inland prefecture in the 中部 (Chūbu) region of Japan; its capital city is also 岐阜 (Gifu)

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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