関左
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See also: 關左
Japanese[edit]
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 関 | 左 |
| かん Grade: 4 |
さ Grade: 1 |
| kan’on | on’yomi |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 關左 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology[edit]
/kʷan sa/ → /kʷaɰsa/ → /kaɰsa/
Compound of Middle Chinese-derived elements 関 (kan, “barrier”) + 左 (sa, “left”), as travelling south then turning left is going east.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
- Synonym of 関東 (Kantō): the area east of 逢坂の関 (Ōsaka-no-seki, “tollgate of Ōsaka-yama”) or the 函谷関 (Kankoku-kan, “Hangu Pass”)
References[edit]
Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 関 read as かん
- Japanese terms spelled with 左 read as さ
- Japanese terms read with on'yomi
- Japanese compound terms
- Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese proper nouns
- Japanese terms spelled with fourth grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji
- Japanese terms written with two Han script characters