金沢
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Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 金 | 沢 |
| かな Grade: 1 |
さわ > ざわ Grade: S |
| kun'yomi | |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 金澤 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology
Compound of 金 (kana, “metal; gold”, combining form of stand-alone reading kane) + 沢 (sawa, “marsh, swamp; mountain brook or stream”). The sawa changes to zawa as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
金沢 • (Kanazawa) ←かなざは (Kanazafa)?
- Kanazawa (the capital city of Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan)
- Kanazawa (a ward of Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan)
- a surname
References
- ^ 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
Further reading
金沢 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ja
