新竹

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Chinese

new Tek-kham
(竹塹)
trad. (新竹) 新 竹
simp. #(新竹) 新 竹
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Flag of Hsinchu County (新竹縣)

Etymology

From 新 (xīn) + 竹塹／竹堑 (Zhúqiàn), from the 1878 reform of the administration of Qing-held Taiwan. Hsinchu included the former subprefecture of Tek-kham as well as its surrounding hinterland.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

新竹

  1. (～市) Hsinchu (a city in northern Taiwan)
  2. (～縣) Hsinchu (a county in northern Taiwan)
  3. (～科學園區) Hsinchu Science Park (a science park in Hsinchu City and Hsinchu County, Taiwan)

Synonyms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (新竹):
  • → Japanese: 新竹(しんちく) (Shinchiku)
  • → Vietnamese: Tân Trúc (新竹)
  • → English: Hsinchu, Hsin-chu, Xinzhu

    • Japanese

    Kanji in this term
    新 竹
    しん
    Grade: 2     		ちく
    Grade: 1
    on'yomi

    Proper noun

    新(しん)竹(ちく) • (Shinchiku) 

    1. Hsinchu (a city in Taiwan)
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