志賀

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Chinese[edit]

phonetic
trad. (志賀)
simp. (志贺)

Etymology[edit]

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 志賀(しが) (Shiga).

Pronunciation[edit]


Proper noun[edit]

志賀

  1. An orthographic borrowing of the Japanese surname 志賀, Shiga

Derived terms[edit]

Japanese[edit]

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Etymology 1[edit]

Kanji in this term

Grade: 5

Grade: 4
goon

Superficially () (shi, determination) + () (ga, celebration). Shiga, the area near Lake Biwa, was the site of Emperor Tenchi’s palace in the late 7th century. In waka poetry 志賀 is often used to evoke nostalgia for the ancient empire.[1]

Compare 滋賀 (Shiga).

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

()() (Shiga

  1. neighborhoods of Kita ward, Nagoya, and of Toyota, in Aichi Prefecture
  2. a neighborhood of Ranzan, Saitama Prefecture
  3. a neighborhood of Saku, Nagano Prefecture
  4. a neighborhood of Yoshino, Nara Prefecture
  5. the neighborhoods of Iwanuma and Misato, Miyagi Prefecture
  6. the neighborhoods of Katsuragi and Hidaka, Wakayama Prefecture
  7. former name for the area southwest to Biwa and around Ōtsu in Shiga Prefecture, Japan.
  8. a surname
    ()()(きよし)
    Shiga Kiyoshi
    Kiyoshi Shiga, physician and eponym of the Shigella genus
Descendants[edit]
  • Chinese: 志賀志贺 (Zhìhè)
  • English: Shiga

Etymology 2[edit]

Kanji in this term

Grade: 5

Grade: 4
kan’on

Attested in the Man’yōshū, c. 759, in reference to Shikanoshima.[2]

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

()() (Shika

  1. a town in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan
  2. short for 志賀島 (Shikanoshima), an area north of Fukuoka city

References[edit]

  1. ^ Kitahara Yasuo, editor (2004), “しが 【志賀】”, in Shōgakkan zenbun zen'yaku kogo jiten [Shogakkan’s unabridged dictionary of archaisms]
  2. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN