北斗

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Chinese

north
ladle; dipper; small
ladle; dipper; small; big; stars
 
trad. (北斗) 北 斗
simp. #(北斗) 北 斗
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Pronunciation

Proper noun

北斗

  1. Big Dipper
  2. (～市) Hokuto, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan
  3. (～鎮) Beidou (an urban township in Changhua County, Taiwan)

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Descendants

Sino-Xenic (北斗):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
北 斗
ほく
Grade: 2 		と
Grade: S
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Pronunciation

Proper noun

北(ほく)斗(と) • (Hokuto) 

  1. Big Dipper
    Synonym: 北斗七星 (Hokuto Shichisei)
  2. a unisex given name
  3. Hokuto (a city in Hokkaido prefecture, Japan).

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
北斗

Proper noun

北斗 • (Bukdu) (hangeul 북두)

  1. hanja form? of 북두 (“Big Dipper”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
北斗

Proper noun

北斗

  1. chữ Hán form of Bắc Đẩu (“Big Dipper”).
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