福岡

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See also: 福冈

Chinese[edit]

 
good fortune; happiness; luck
good fortune; happiness; luck; Fujian province (abbrev.); surname
ridge; mound
trad. (福岡)
simp. (福冈)

Etymology[edit]

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 福岡(ふくおか) (Fukuoka).

Pronunciation[edit]


Proper noun[edit]

福岡

  1. () Fukuoka (a prefecture in northern Kyushu, Japan)
  2. () Fukuoka (the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan)

Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term
ふく
Grade: 3
おか
Grade: 4
jūbakoyomi
Alternative spelling
福岡 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

(ふく)(おか) (Fukuokaふくをか (fukwoka)?

  1. Fukuoka (the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan)
  2. Fukuoka (a prefecture in northern Kyushu, Japan)
  3. Fukuoka (several smaller localities in Japan)
  4. a surname

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  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