栃木

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Chinese

tree; wood
trad. (栃木)
simp. #(栃木)
alternative forms 櫪木枥木
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Pronunciation


Proper noun

栃木

  1. () Tochigi (a prefecture of Japan)
  2. () Tochigi (a city in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
とち
Grade: 4
き > ぎ
Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Etymology

Also called 橡木 or 杤木, the use of as official name was proposed in October 1872, and finalized in April 1879.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

(とち)() (Tochigi

  1. Tochigi (a city in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan)
  2. Tochigi (a prefecture in eastern Honshu, Japan)
  3. a surname

Derived terms

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