福島

See also: 福岛

Chinese

		good fortune; happiness; luck good fortune; happiness; luck; Fujian province (abbrev.); surname	island
trad. (福島)		福	島
simp. (福岛)		福	岛

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 福(ふく)島(しま) (Fukushima).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Fúdǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˊ ㄉㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fuk¹ dou²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Fúdǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˊ ㄉㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Fúdǎo
    • Wade–Giles: Fu²-tao³
    • Yale: Fú-dǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Fwudao
    • Palladius: Фудао (Fudao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu³⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fuk¹ dou²
    • Yale: fūk dóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fuk⁷ dou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: fug¹ dou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fʊk̚⁵ tou̯³⁵/

Proper noun

福島

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

Japanese

Kanji in this term
福	島
ふく Grade: 3	しま Grade: 3
jūbakoyomi

Alternative spelling
福島 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

福 (“fortune, luck”) +‎ 島 (“island”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ふく​しま [fùkúꜜshìmà] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟ᵝkɯ̟ᵝɕima̠]

Proper noun

福(ふく)島(しま) • (Fukushima) 

1. 福島県: Fukushima (a prefecture of Japan)
2. 福島市: Fukushima (the capital of Fukushima Prefecture, Japan)
3. 福島町:
   1. Fukushima (a town in Hokkaido prefecture, Japan)
   2. Fukushima (a former town in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan)
4. 福島区: A ward of Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
5. a surname