琉球

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Chinese

phonetic
trad. (琉球) 琉 球
simp. #(琉球) 琉 球
alternative forms 流求 legend
琉求 legend
留求 legend
瑠求 legend
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Etymology

First attested in 《隋書》 (636) as 流求 (MC ljuw gjuw). Further origin unknown.

Pronunciation

Note: Liû-khiû - especially the island and township.

Proper noun

琉球

  1. Ryukyu, Ryūkyū (an archipelago in Japan)
  2. (historical) Liuqiu, Lieuchieu (a legendary kingdom east of medieval China variously placed in Okinawa, Taiwan, or the Penghu Islands)
  3. (～嶼) Liuqiu (an island in Pingtung County, Taiwan)
    Synonym: 小琉球 (Xiǎoliúqiú)
  4. (～鄉) Liuqiu (a township in Pingtung County, Taiwan)

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (琉球):

Others:

Japanese

Kanji in this term
琉 球
りゅう
Jinmeiyō 		きゅう
Grade: 3
kan'on

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle Chinese 流求.

First attested to a text in roughly 835 CE.[1]

Pronunciation

  • りゅうきゅうの

Proper noun

琉(りゅう)球(きゅう) • (Ryūkyū) ←りうきう (Riukiu)?

  1. Ryukyu
  2. Liuqiu Island, Taiwan
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Proper noun

琉球(じゅきゅ) or 琉球(じきゅ) or 琉球(じく) or 琉球(ぢき) • (Jukyu or Jikyu or Jiku or Jiki) 

  1. (Kagoshima) Ryukyu; Ryukyu Islands

Further reading

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. ^ 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

Okinawan

Kanji in this term
琉 球
るー
Jinmeiyō 		ちゅー
Grade: 3
on'yomi
Kanji in this term
琉 球
どぅー
Jinmeiyō 		ちゅー
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɾuːt͡ɕuː/, /duːt͡ɕuː/, /luːt͡ɕuː/

Proper noun

琉(るー)球(ちゅー) or 琉(どぅー)球(ちゅー) (Rūchū or Dūchū) 

  1. Ryukyu, pertaining to the Ryukyu Islands or the former Ryukyu Kingdom

References

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
琉球

Noun

琉球

  1. chữ Hán form of lưu cầu (“jade-inlaid sword”).

Proper noun

琉球

  1. chữ Hán form of Lưu Cầu (“Ryukyu”).
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