札幌

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Chinese

phonetic
simp. and trad.
(札幌)

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese (さっ)(ぽろ) (Sapporo), from Ainu.

Pronunciation


Proper noun

札幌

  1. () Sapporo (the capital and largest city of Hokkaido prefecture, Japan)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
さつ > さっ
Grade: 4
(ateji)
ほろ > ぽろ
Jinmeiyō
(ateji)
jūbakoyomi

Etymology

From Ainu サッ・ポロ・ペッ (sat poro pet, literally dry, great river).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

(さっ)(ぽろ) (Sapporo

  1. 札幌: Sapporo (the capital and largest city of Hokkaido prefecture, Japan)

Descendants

  • Russian: Са́ппоро m (Sápporo)

References

  1. ^ 札幌市 (2011 February 21) “ふるさとの川史話いっぱい”, in 札幌市, archived from the original on 2 July 2015
  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