貝塚

Chinese

		cowries; shell; valuables cowries; shell; valuables; shellfish	mound
trad. (貝塚)		貝	塚
simp. (贝冢)		贝	冢

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 貝塚 (Kaizuka).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Bèizhǒng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄟˋ ㄓㄨㄥˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Bèizhǒng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄟˋ ㄓㄨㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Bèijhǒng
    • Wade–Giles: Pei⁴-chung³
    • Yale: Bèi-jǔng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Beyjoong
    • Palladius: Бэйчжун (Bɛjčžun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Proper noun

貝塚

1. (～市) Kaizuka (a city in Ōsaka prefecture, Japan)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
貝	塚
かい Grade: 1	つか > づか Grade: S
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
貝塚 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 貝(かい) (kai) + 塚(つか) (tsuka). The tsuka changes to zuka as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ka̠izɨka̠]
• (Tokyo) かいづか [kàízúká] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) かいづか [káꜜìzùkà] (Atamadaka – [1])

Noun

貝(かい)塚(づか) • (kaizuka) ^{←かひづか (kafiduka)?}

1. (archaeology) shellmound; shell midden

Derived terms

• 貝(かい)塚(づか)伊(い)吹(ぶき) (kaizuka ibuki)

Proper noun

貝(かい)塚(づか) • (Kaizuka) ^{←かひづか (Kafiduka)?}

1. Kaizuka (a city in Osaka Prefecture, Japan)
2. a surname

References

• “貝塚”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026