石垣

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Chinese[edit]

rock; stone; 10 pecks wall
simp. and trad.
(石垣)
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Etymology[edit]

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 石垣 (Ishigaki).

Pronunciation[edit]


Proper noun[edit]

石垣

  1. () Ishigaki (a city in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan)
  2. An orthographic borrowing of the Japanese surname 石垣, Ishigaki

Derived terms[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term
いし
Grade: 1
かき > がき
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

(いし)(がき) (ishigaki

  1. stone wall

Proper noun[edit]

(いし)(がき) (Ishigaki

  1. Ishigaki Island
  2. Ishigaki (a city in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan)
  3. a surname

References[edit]

  1. ^ いし‐がき 【石垣】”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, Nihon Kokugo Daijiten) Paid subscription required[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here (Note: Dialectal meanings, etymological theories, pronunciation including modern, dialectal, and historical information, Jōdai Tokushu Kanazukai, historical dictionaries containing this word, and the kanji spellings in those dictionaries have been omitted.)

Yaeyama[edit]

Kanji in this term
Grade: 1 Grade: S

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Kuroshima) IPA(key): /ʔisanaki/

Proper noun[edit]

石垣(いさなき) (Isanaki

  1. (Kuroshima) Ishigaki (island in the Yaeyama region)