硫黄島
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Japanese
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Kanji in this term | ||
---|---|---|
硫 | 黄 | 島 |
い Grade: S |
おう Grade: 2 |
とう Grade: 3 |
jukujikun | on’yomi |
Alternative spelling |
---|
硫黃島 (kyūjitai) |
Compound of 硫黄 (iō, “sulfur”) + 島 (-tō, “island”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]硫黄島 • (Iōtō) ←いわうたう (iwautau)?
Derived terms
[edit]- 北硫黄島 (Kita-Iōtō)
- 南硫黄島 (Minami-Iōtō)
See also
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Kanji in this term | ||
---|---|---|
硫 | 黄 | 島 |
い Grade: S |
おう Grade: 2 |
しま > じま Grade: 3 |
jukujikun | kun’yomi |
Alternative spelling |
---|
硫黃島 (kyūjitai) |
Compound of 硫黄 (iō, “sulfur”) + 島 (shima, “island”).
The shima changes to jima as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]硫黄島 • (Iōjima) ←いわうじま (iwauzima)?
- (inexact, now sometimes proscribed) Iwo Jima (A volcanic island located in the Satsunan Islands)
- (historical, now uncommon) an island in the Volcano Islands [since 1944]
Usage notes
[edit]Previously used interchangably with the reading Iōtō above, the original form of the Volcano island has been mandated for official purposes since 2007.
Descendants
[edit]- → English: Iwo Jima
References
[edit]- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 硫
- Japanese terms spelled with 黄
- Japanese terms spelled with 島 read as とう
- Japanese terms suffixed with 島
- Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese proper nouns
- Japanese terms with multiple readings
- Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji
- Japanese terms written with three Han script characters
- Japanese terms spelled with 島 read as しま
- Japanese compound terms
- Japanese terms with rendaku
- Japanese proscribed terms
- Japanese terms with historical senses
- Japanese terms with uncommon senses
- ja:Japan