生駒

Chinese

		to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw	colt
trad. (生駒)		生	駒
simp. (生驹)		生	驹

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 生駒 (Ikoma).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Shēngjū

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥ ㄐㄩ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Shēngjū
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥ ㄐㄩ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Shengjyu
    • Wade–Giles: Shêng¹-chü¹
    • Yale: Shēng-jyū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shengjiu
    • Palladius: Шэнцзюй (Šɛnczjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕy⁵⁵/

Proper noun

生駒

1. (～市) Ikoma (a city in Nara Prefecture, Japan)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
生	駒
い Grade: 1	こま Grade: S
kun’yomi

Proper noun

生(い)駒(こま) • (Ikoma) 

1. Ikoma (a city in Nara Prefecture, Japan)
2. a surname

Etymology 2

生(なま) (nama, “unprocessed”) + 駒(こま) (koma, “shogi piece”)

Kanji in this term
生	駒
なま Grade: 1	こま > ごま Grade: S
kun’yomi

Noun

生(なま)駒(ごま) • (namagoma) 

1. (shogi) unpromoted piece

See also

Shogi pieces (将棋の駒)
Unpromoted (生駒)	name	王将 玉将	金将	銀将	桂馬	香車	飛車	角行	歩兵
	abbr.	王 玉	金	銀	桂	香	飛	角	歩
Promoted (成駒)	name	-	-	成銀	成桂	成香	竜王	竜馬	と金, 成歩
	abbr.	-	-	全*	圭*	杏*	竜	馬	と, 止
*These 3 abbreviations are only used as a typographical convention. They are pronounced the same as their full names.