茨城

See also: 茨木

Chinese

		Tribulus terrestris; thatched hut	city walls; city; town
simp. and trad. (茨城)		茨	城

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Cíchéng

(Zhuyin): ㄘˊ ㄔㄥˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Pinyin: Cíchéng
  - Zhuyin: ㄘˊ ㄔㄥˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Tsycherng
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰz̩³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    茨城
    辭呈／辞呈

Proper noun

茨城

(～縣) Ibaraki (a prefecture of Japan)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
茨	城
いばら Grade: S	き Grade: 6
kun’yomi

Etymology

According to legend, people in the age of Emperor Sujin (崇神) built a thorny castle (茨の城) there and wiped out burglars.

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) いばらき [ìbáꜜràkì] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
- IPA^(key): [iba̠ɾa̠kʲi]
often mispronounced as いばらぎ.

Proper noun

茨城 (hiragana いばらき, rōmaji Ibaraki)

Ibaraki - a prefecture in 関東(Kantō) area, Japan (abbreviation for 茨城県)
ancient place name of 常陸 (Hitachi)

Descendants

Russian: Ибара́ки f (Ibaráki)

References

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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