大阪

See also: 大坂

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	a slope; hillside
simp. and trad. (大阪)		大	阪
variant forms		大坂

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 大阪 (Ōsaka, literally “large hill”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Dàbǎn

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄅㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ baan²
Min Nan (POJ): Tāi-pán

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: Dàbǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄅㄢˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Dahbaan
  - IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ pän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: daai⁶ baan²
  - Yale: daaih báan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ baan²
  - Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ ban²
  - IPA ^(key): /täːi̯²² päːn³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tāi-pán
  - Tâi-lô: Tāi-pán
  - Phofsit Daibuun: daixparn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /taɪ²²⁻²¹ pan⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /taɪ⁴¹⁻²² pan⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /taɪ²²⁻²¹ pan⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /taɪ³³⁻¹¹ pan⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /taɪ³³⁻²¹ pan⁴¹/

Proper noun

大阪

(～市) Ōsaka (a city in Ōsaka, Japan)
(～府) Ōsaka (a prefecture of Japan)

Japanese

Alternative forms

大坂 (obsolete)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
大	阪
おお Grade: 1	さか Grade: S
kun’yomi

From /*oposaka/ → /*oɸosaka/ → /owosaka/ → /oosaka/ → /oːsaka/. Compound of 大 (ō, “large, great”) +‎ 阪 (saka, “hill”). The geographical area was historically known as 小坂 (Osaka, Ozaka, “little hill”) and was renamed to “large hill”. Originally spelled as 大坂 before being replaced with 大阪.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) おおさか [òósáká] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [o̞ːsa̠ka̠]

Proper noun

大阪 (hiragana おおさか, rōmaji Ōsaka, historical hiragana おほさか)

Osaka (a city and prefecture of Honshū, Japan)

Derived terms

京 (けい)阪 (はん)神 (しん) (Keihanshin)
東 (ひがし)大 (おお)阪 (さか) (Higashiōsaka)
大 (おお)阪 (さか)市 (し) (Ōsaka-shi)
大 (おお)阪 (さか)府 (ふ) (Ōsaka-fu)
大 (おお)阪 (さか)狭 (さ)山 (やま)市 (し) (Ōsakasayama-shi)
大 (おお)阪 (さか)城 (じょう) (Ōsaka-jō)
大 (おお)阪 (さか)弁 (べん) (Ōsaka-ben)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
大	阪
おお Grade: 1	さか > ざか Grade: S
kun’yomi

From /*oposaka/ → /*opozaka/ → /*oɸozaka/ → /owozaka/ → /oozaka/ → /oːzaka/. Medial /s/ voices to /z/ due to rendaku (連濁). See above.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [o̞ːza̠ka̠]

Proper noun

大阪 (hiragana おおざか, rōmaji Ōzaka, historical hiragana おほざか)

Historical reading for present-day Osaka.

Coordinate terms

逢 (おう)坂 (さか) (Ōsaka)
難 (なに)波 (わ) (Naniwa)

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