栃木

Chinese

tree; wood
trad. (栃木) 栃 木
simp. #(栃木) 栃 木
alternative forms 櫪木/枥木

Pronunciation


Proper noun

栃木

  1. (~縣) Tochigi (a prefecture of Japan)
  2. (~市) Tochigi (a city in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
栃 木
とち
Grade: 4
き > ぎ
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology

Also called 橡木 or 杤木, the use of 栃 as official name was proposed in October 1872, and finalized in April 1879.

Pronunciation

    • (Tokyo) と​ちぎ [tóꜜchìgì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
    • IPA(key): [to̞t͡ɕiɡʲi]

    Proper noun

    栃(とち)木(ぎ) • (Tochigi) 

    1. Tochigi (a city in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan)
    2. Tochigi (a prefecture in eastern Honshu, Japan)
    3. a surname

    Derived terms

    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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