岐阜

Chinese
divergent; side road; steep abundant; mound
trad. (岐阜) 岐 阜
simp. #(岐阜) 岐 阜

Pronunciation

Proper noun

岐阜

  1. (～縣) Gifu (a prefecture of Japan)
  2. (～市) Gifu (a city in Gifu Prefecture, Japan)

Japanese
Kanji in this term
岐 阜
ぎ
Grade: 4		 ふ
Grade: 4
on’yomi

Etymology

Blend of 岐山 +‎ 曲阜, of which the former is the place where Zhou Dynasty originated and the latter is the place of birth of Confucius. Coined by Oda Nobunaga.

Pronunciation

    Proper noun

    岐(ぎ)阜(ふ) • (Gifu) 

    1. Gifu (the capital city of Gifu Prefecture, Japan)
    2. Gifu (a prefecture of Japan)
    3. a surname

    Descendants
    • → English: Gifu
    • → Russian: Ги́фу m (Gífu)

    References
    1. 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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