山口

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Chinese

mountain; hill mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)
simp. and trad.
(山口)
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Pronunciation


Noun

(deprecated template usage) 山口

  1. mountain pass
    Template:zh-syn
  2. (music) nut (small piece at the peghead end of the fingerboard that holds the strings at the proper spacing and, in most cases, the proper height on traditional Chinese stringed instruments)
  3. (music) blowing aperture (on the xiao, the Chinese vertical bamboo flute)

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) 山口

  1. () Yamaguchi (a prefecture of Japan)
  2. () Yamaguchi (a city in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
やま
Grade: 1
くち > ぐち
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of (yama, mountain) +‎ (kuchi, mouth; opening, gateway).[1][2] The kuchi changes to guchi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

(やま)(ぐち) (Yamaguchi

  1. Yamaguchi, the capital city of Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan
  2. Yamaguchi Prefecture in Japan
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See also

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Okinawan

Kanji in this term
やま
Grade: 1
くち > ぐち
Grade: 1
irregular kun’yomi

Etymology

From Japanese 山口 (Yamaguchi).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Template:ryu-pos

  1. Yamaguchi, the capital city of Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan
  2. Yamaguchi Prefecture in Japan

See also

References

  • ヤマグチ” in Okinawa Center of Language Study, Shuri-Naha Dialect Dictionary (archived; reopens 2024).