福島

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Fúdǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˊ ㄉㄠˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: Fúdǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˊ ㄉㄠˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Fwudao
    • IPA ^(key): /fu³⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Proper noun

福島

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

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
福	島
ふく Grade: 3	しま Grade: 3
jūbakoyomi

Etymology

福 (“fortune, luck”) +‎ 島 (“island”)

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

福島 (hiragana ふくしま, rōmaji Fukushima)

1. Fukushima, a city in the Tōhoku region of Japan
2. Fukushima, a prefecture in the Tōhoku region of Japan
3. A surname​.

References

1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN