村長

See also: 村长

Chinese

village
 
long; length; forever
long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop
trad. (村長) 村 長
simp. (村长) 村 长

Pronunciation


Noun

村長

  1. village head

Japanese

Kanji in this term
村 長
そん
Grade: 1
ちょう
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

From 村 (son, “village”) +‎ 長 (-chō, “head”).

Pronunciation

Noun

村(そん)長(ちょう) • (sonchō) ←そんちやう (sontyau)?

  1. (of a village) a mayor

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  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
  3. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
村長

Noun

村長 • (chonjang) (hangeul 촌장)

  1. Hanja form? of 촌장.
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