白頭山

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See also: 白头山

Chinese

hoary head; white hair; whitehead mountain; hill
trad. (白頭山) 白頭 山
simp. (白头山) 白头 山

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Proper noun

白頭山

  1. Paektu Mountain (mountain on the border between China and North Korea)

Synonyms

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
白 頭 山
ぺく
Grade: 1 		とぅ
Grade: 2 		さん
Grade: 1
irregular

From Korean 백두산(白頭山) (baekdusan).

Alternative forms

  • (less common) 白頭山(ペクトサン) (Pekutosan)
  • (dated) 白頭山(はくとうさん) (hakutōsan)

Pronunciation

Proper noun

白頭山(ペクトゥサン) • (Pekutusan) 

  1. Paektu Mountain (a mountain on the border between North Korea and China)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
白 頭 山
ぺく
Grade: 1 		と
Grade: 2 		さん
Grade: 1
irregular

From Korean 백두산(白頭山) (baekdusan), with an irregular vowel suited to Japanese phonology.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

白頭山(ペクトサン) • (Pekutosan) 

  1. (less common) Alternative form of 白頭山 (Pekutusan, “Paektu Mountain (a mountain on the border between North Korea and China)”)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
白 頭 山
はく
Grade: 1 		とう
Grade: 2 		さん
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Orthographic borrowing from Korean 백두산(白頭山) (baekdusan).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

白(はく)頭(とう)山(さん) • (Hakutōsan) ←はくとうさん (fakutousan)?

  1. (less common) Alternative form of 白頭山 (Pekutusan, “Paektu Mountain (a mountain on the border between North Korea and China)”)

Korean

Hanja in this term
白頭山

Proper noun

白頭山 • (Paektusan) (hangeul 백두산)

  1. Hanja form? of 백두산 (“Paektu Mountain (on the China-North Korea border)”).
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