福建

Chinese

		good fortune; happiness; luck good fortune; happiness; luck; Fujian province (abbrev.); surname	to establish; to found; to set up to establish; to found; to set up; to build; to construct
simp. and trad. (福建)		福	建

Etymology

Short for 福州 (Fúzhōu) + 建州 (Jiànzhōu), two ancient prefectures in modern Fujian.

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) 福建

1. (～省) Fujian (a province of China)

Derived terms

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
福	建
ふく > ふっ Grade: 3	けん Grade: 4
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
福建 (kyūjitai)

Proper noun

福(ふっ)建(けん) • (Fukken) 

1. Fujian (a province of China)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
福	建

Proper noun

福建 • (Bokgeon) (hangeul 복건)

1. hanja form^? of 복건 (“Fujian”)

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Okinawan

Kanji in this term
福	建
Grade: 3	Grade: 4

Alternative spelling
福建 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɸut͡ɕaŋ̍/

Proper noun

1. Fujian (a province of China)

References

• “フチャン” in Okinawa Center of Language Study, Shuri-Naha Dialect Dictionary (archived; reopens 2024).
• Kokuritsu Kokugo Kenkyūjo (国立国語研究所) (1963) 沖縄語辞典 (Okinawa-go Jiten) [Dictionary of the Okinawan Language] (in Japanese), Tokyo (東京): Okurashō Insatsu Kyoku (財務省印刷局)

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
福	建

Proper noun

福建

1. chữ Hán form of Phúc Kiến (“Fujian”).