福井

Chinese

 
good fortune; happiness; luck
good fortune; happiness; luck; Fujian province (abbrev.); surname
warn; well
simp. and trad.
(福井)
福 井

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 福(ふく)井(い) (Fukui).

Pronunciation


Proper noun

福井

  1. (~縣) Fukui (a prefecture of Japan)
  2. (~市) Fukui (the capital city of Fukui Prefecture, Japan)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
福 井
ふく
Grade: 3
い
Grade: 4
jūbakoyomi
Alternative spelling
福井 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

    Proper noun

    福(ふく)井(い) • (Fukui) ←ふくゐ (fukwi)?

    1. Fukui (the capital city of Fukui Prefecture, Japan)
    2. Fukui (a prefecture on the north coast of Honshu, Japan)
    3. a surname

    Derived terms

    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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