福島

See also: 福岛

Chinese
 
good fortune; happiness; luck
good fortune; happiness; luck; Fujian province (abbrev.); surname
 island
trad. (福島) 福 島
simp. (福岛) 福 岛

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 福(ふく)島(しま) (Fukushima).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

福島

  1. (～縣) Fukushima (a prefecture of Japan)
  2. (～市) Fukushima (a city in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan)

Japanese
Kanji in this term
福 島
ふく
Grade: 3		 しま
Grade: 3
jūbakoyomi
Alternative spelling
福島 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

福 (“fortune, luck”) +‎ 島 (“island”)

Pronunciation
    • (Tokyo) ふく​しま [fùkúꜜshìmà] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
    • IPA(key): [ɸɯ̟ᵝkɯ̟ᵝɕima̠]

    Proper noun

    福(ふく)島(しま) • (Fukushima) 

    1. 福島県: Fukushima (a prefecture of Japan)
    2. 福島市: Fukushima (the capital of Fukushima Prefecture, Japan)
    3. 福島町:
      1. Fukushima (a town in Hokkaido prefecture, Japan)
      2. Fukushima (a former town in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan)
    4. 福島区: A ward of Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
    5. a surname

    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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