原宿

Chinese

 
former; original; primary; raw; level; cause; source
 
(a) night; constellation; lodge for the night; old; former
simp. and trad.
(原宿)
宿

Pronunciation


Noun

原宿

  1. Harajuku (a neighborhood in Shibuya, Tokyo)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
宿
はら
Grade: 2
しゅく > じゅく
Grade: 3
yutōyomi

Etymology

Literally "inn in the open fields", from  (はら) (hara, uncultivated field) + 宿 (しゅく) (shuku, inn).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

原宿 (hiragana はらじゅく, rōmaji Harajuku)

  1. Harajuku (a neighborhood in Shibuya, Tokyo)
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