古田

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Chinese

ancient; old field; farm
simp. and trad.
(古田) 		古 田
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Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

Proper noun

古田

  1. (～縣) Gutian (a county of Ningde, Fujian, China)
Descendants
  • → English: Gutian, Kucheng

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

Proper noun

古田

  1. (～鎮) Gutian (a town in Shanghang, Longyan, Fujian, China)
Descendants

Japanese

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Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
古 田
ふる
Grade: 2 		た
Grade: 1
kun'yomi
Kanji in this term
古 田
ふる > ふっ
Grade: 2 		た
Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Compound of 古(ふる) (furu, “old, worn out”, noun) + 田(た) (ta, “field, paddy”). Literally, “old (rice) field”.

Pronunciation

Noun

古(ふる)田(た) • (furuta) 

  1. (agriculture) old rice paddy; worn out, abandoned field

Proper noun

古(ふる)田(た) • (Furuta) 

  1. Furuta (neighborhoods in Japan):
    1. A neighborhood of Nishinoomote, Kagoshima Prefecture.
    2. A neighborhood of Motoyama, Kōchi Prefecture.
    3. A neighborhood of Kawachi, Tochigi Prefecture.
    4. A neighborhood of Harima, Hyōgo Prefecture.
    5. A neighborhood of Oguni, Yamagata Prefecture.
    6. A neighborhood of Kushimoto, Wakayama Prefecture.
  2. a surname

古(ふっ)田(た) • (Futta) 

  1. Futta (a neighborhood of Kawai, Iwate Prefecture, Japan)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
古 田
こ
Grade: 2 		た
Grade: 1
jūbakoyomi
Kanji in this term
古 田
こ
Grade: 2 		た > だ
Grade: 1
jūbakoyomi

The ta changes to da as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

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Pronunciation

Proper noun

古(こ)田(た) • (Kota) 

  1. (history) the Honda feudal territory (知行地 (chigyō-chi)) of the Tosa Domain

古(こ)田(だ) • (Koda) 

  1. Koda (a neighborhood of Tahara, Aichi Prefecture, Japan)
  2. Koda (the neighborhoods of Shibata and Niigata, Niigata Prefecture, Japan)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
古 田
こ
Grade: 2 		でん
Grade: 1
on'yomi

Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 古田 (Gǔtián).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

古(こ)田(でん) • (Koden) 

  1. Gutian (a county of Ningde, Fujian, China)
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