岡山

See also: 冈山

Chinese

ridge; mound mountain; hill
trad. (岡山)
simp. (冈山)
anagram 山岡山冈

Etymology

From Japanese 岡山 (おかやま) (Okayama).

Pronunciation


Proper noun

岡山

  1. () Okayama (a prefecture of Japan)
  2. () Okayama (a city in Okayama, Japan)
  3. Kangshan/Gangshan District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, formerly called 阿公店

Japanese

Kanji in this term
おか
Grade: S
やま
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

Proper noun

岡山 (hiragana おかやま, rōmaji Okayama, historical hiragana をかやま)

  1. a Japanese place name, such as that of Okayama Prefecture or Okayama City
  2. A surname.
Kanji in this term
Grade: S Grade: 1
Irregular

岡山 (hiragana かんしゃん, katakana カンシャン, rōmaji Kanshan)

  1. Kangshan/Gangshan, a Taiwanese place name

References

  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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