六本木

六本木

Chinese

		six	roots or stems of plants; origin; source roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; (a measure word)	tree; wood
simp. and trad. (六本木)		六	本	木

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Liùběnmù

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄡˋ ㄅㄣˇ ㄇㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): luk⁶ bun² muk⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Liùběnmù
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡˋ ㄅㄣˇ ㄇㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Liòuběnmù
    • Wade–Giles: Liu⁴-pên³-mu⁴
    • Yale: Lyòu-běn-mù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Liowbeenmuh
    • Palladius: Любэньму (Ljubɛnʹmu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ljoʊ̯⁵¹ pən²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ mu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: luk⁶ bun² muk⁶
    • Yale: luhk bún muhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: luk⁹ bun² muk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lug⁶ bun² mug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊk̚² puːn³⁵ mʊk̚²/

Proper noun

六本木

1. Roppongi, a district of Minato, Tokyo, Japan

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
六	本	木
ろく > ろっ Grade: 1	ほん > ぽん Grade: 1	き > ぎ Grade: 1
on’yomi		kun’yomi

Etymology

Literally "six trees", generally considered to be in reference to six old zelkovas that used to stand in the area.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɾo̞p̚põ̞ŋʲɡʲi]

Proper noun

六(ろっ)本(ぽん)木(ぎ) • (Roppongi) 

1. Roppongi (a district of Minato, Tokyo)