高雄

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Chinese

high; tall heroic; male
simp. and trad.
(高雄) 		高 雄
alternative forms 髙雄
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Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 高(たか)雄(お) (Takao) with the creation of Takao Prefecture in 1920, from Hokkien 打狗 (Tá-káu) (Takau), from Siraya takau (“bamboo forest”).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

高雄

  1. (～市) Kaohsiung (special municipality located in southwestern Taiwan)
  2. (～市) (historical) Kaohsiung City (former provincial city, now part of the special municipality)
  3. (～縣) (historical) Kaohsiung County (former county, now part of the special municipality)
  4. (～山) Mount Takao in Kyoto

Derived terms

Descendants

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
高 雄
たか
Grade: 2 		お
Grade: S
(ateji)
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
高尾

From earlier 高(たか)尾(お) (takao), in which 尾 is short for 尾根(おね) (one), thus literally “high mountain ridge”.

Proper noun

高(たか)雄(お) • (Takao) ←たかを (Takawo)?

  1. name of a town in Ukyō-ku, Kyoto, Japan
  2. a male given name

Etymology 2

 高雄市 on Japanese Wikipedia

From Hokkien 打狗 (Táⁿ-káu), from Siraya takau (“bamboo forest”). The kanji were borrowed from unrelated etymology 1.

Proper noun

Kanji in this term
高 雄
たか
Grade: 2
(ateji) 		お
Grade: S
(ateji)
kun'yomi

高(たか)雄(お) or 高雄(タカオ) • (Takao) ←たかを (Takawo)?

  1. Kaohsiung (a city in southwestern Taiwan)
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