山口

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Chinese

mountain; hill mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)
simp. and trad.
(山口) 		山 口
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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

山口

  1. mountain pass
  2. (music) nut (small piece at the peghead end of the fingerboard that holds the strings at the proper spacing and, the proper height on traditional Chinese stringed instruments such as pipa and sanxian)
  3. (music) blowing aperture (on the xiao, the Chinese vertical bamboo flute)
Synonyms
  • (mountain pass): 隘口 (àikǒu)

(chiefly in placenames) 達坂／达坂 (dábǎn)

Etymology 2

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 山口(やまぐち) (Yamaguchi).

Proper noun

山口

  1. (～縣) Yamaguchi (a prefecture of Japan)
  2. (～市) Yamaguchi (a city in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan)
  3. An orthographic borrowing of the Japanese surname 山口, Yamaguchi

Japanese

Kanji in this term
山 口
やま
Grade: 1 		くち > ぐち
Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 山 (yama, “mountain”) +‎ 口 (guchi, “mouth; opening, gateway”).[1][2] The kuchi changes to guchi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

山(やま)口(ぐち) • (Yamaguchi) 

  1. Yamaguchi (a prefecture of Japan)
  2. Yamaguchi (the capital city of Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan)
  3. a surname

See also

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Okinawan

Kanji in this term
山 口
やま
Grade: 1 		くち > ぐち
Grade: 1
irregular kun'yomi

Etymology

From Japanese 山口 (Yamaguchi).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

山(やま)口(ぐち) (Yamaguchi) 

  1. Yamaguchi (a prefecture of Japan)
  2. Yamaguchi (the capital city of Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan)

See also

References

  • “ヤマグチ” in Okinawa Center of Language Study, Shuri-Naha Dialect Dictionary (archived; reopens 2024).
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