大谷

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Chinese

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big; great; huge
big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
valley
simp. and trad.
(大谷)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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大谷

  1. valley; canyon

Proper noun

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大谷

  1. (archaic) Dagu Pass (a strategic pass to the south of Luoyang)
  2. An orthographic borrowing of the Japanese surname 大谷 (Ōtani)

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
おお
Grade: 1
たに
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology

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Particularly: “ (ō-, great) +‎ (Tani, surname)?”

Proper noun

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(おお)(たに) (Ōtani

  1. a surname