札幌

Chinese

short note advertising sign
simp. and trad.
(札幌)
札 幌

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 札(さっ)幌(ぽろ) (Sapporo).

Pronunciation


Proper noun

札幌

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

Japanese

Kanji in this term
札 幌
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”).[1]

Pronunciation

    • (Tokyo) さっぽろ [sàppóró] (Heiban – [0])[2]
    • IPA(key): [sa̠p̚po̞ɾo̞]

    Proper noun

    札(さっ)幌(ぽろ) • (Sapporo) 

    1. 札幌市: 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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