岐阜

Chinese

		divergent; side road; steep	abundant; mound
trad. (岐阜)		岐	阜
simp. #(岐阜)		岐	阜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Qífù

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˊ ㄈㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kei⁴ fau⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Qífù
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˊ ㄈㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Cífù
    • Wade–Giles: Chʻi²-fu⁴
    • Yale: Chí-fù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Chyifuh
    • Palladius: Цифу (Cifu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi³⁵ fu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kei⁴ fau⁶
    • Yale: kèih fauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kei⁴ fau⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: kéi⁴ feo⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰei̯²¹ fɐu̯²²/

Proper noun

岐阜

1. (～縣) Gifu (a prefecture of Japan)
2. (～市) Gifu (a city in Gifu Prefecture, Japan)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
岐	阜
ぎ Grade: 4	ふ Grade: 4
on’yomi

Etymology

Blend of 岐山 +‎ 曲阜, of which the former is the place where Zhou Dynasty originated and the latter is the place of birth of Confucius. Coined by Oda Nobunaga.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ぎふ [gìfú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɡʲiɸɯ̟ᵝ]

Proper noun

岐(ぎ)阜(ふ) • (Gifu) 

1. Gifu (the capital city of Gifu Prefecture, Japan)
2. Gifu (a prefecture of Japan)
3. a surname

Descendants

• → English: Gifu
• → Russian: Ги́фу m (Gífu)