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Chinese
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mountain; hill
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field; farm
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simp. and trad.
(山田)
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山
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田
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| alternative forms
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山塍 Min Nan
山堘 Min Nan
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Pronunciation 1
Etymology 1
Verb
山田
- (archaic) to hunt in the mountain
Noun
山田
- (archaic) low-quality farmland
Etymology 2
Proper noun
山田
- An orthographic borrowing of the Japanese surname 山田, Yamada
Pronunciation 2
Noun
山田
- (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien, agriculture) terraced fields; terrace
Synonyms
Japanese
Etymology
Compound of 山 (yama, “mountain”) + 田 (ta, “field”). The ta changes to da as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
山田 • (Yamada)
- a place name
- a surname
Usage notes
This name is used as the stereotypical Japanese family name in 山田太郎 Yamada Tarō (male) and 山田花子 Yamada Hanako (female), similar to John and Jane Smith in English.