琉球

Chinese
phonetic
trad. (琉球) 琉 球
simp. #(琉球) 琉 球
alternative forms 流求 legend
琉求 legend
留求 legend
瑠求 legend

Etymology

First attested in 《隋書》 (636) as 流求 (MC ljuw gjuw). Further origin unknown.

Pronunciation

Note: Liû-khiû - especially the island and township.
  • Wu
    • (Shanghai)
      • Wugniu: 6lieu-jieu
      • MiniDict: lieu去 jieu
      • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): 3lieu-jjieu
      • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /liɤ²² d͡ʑiɤ⁴⁴/

Proper noun

琉球

  1. (historical) Liuqiu, Lieuchieu (a legendary kingdom east of medieval China variously placed in the Okinawa, Taiwan, or the Penghu Islands)
  2. Ryukyu, Ryūkyū (an archipelago in Japan)
  3. (～嶼) Liuqiu (an island in Pingtung County, Taiwan)
    Synonym: 小琉球 (Xiǎoliúqiú)
  4. (～鄉) Liuqiu (a township in Pingtung County, Taiwan)

Derived terms

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (琉球):

Others:

Japanese
Kanji in this term
琉 球
りゅう
Jinmeiyō		 きゅう
Grade: 3
kan’on

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle Chinese 流求.

First attested to a text in roughly 835 CE.[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) りゅうきゅ​う [ryùúkyúꜜù] (Nakadaka – [3])[2]
  • IPA(key): [ɾʲɨᵝːkʲɨᵝː]

Proper noun

琉(りゅう)球(きゅう) • (Ryūkyū) ←りうきう (riukiu)?

  1. Ryukyu
  2. Liuqiu Island, Taiwan
Derived terms
  • 琉(りゅう)球(きゅう)瘡(そう) (ryūkyū sō)

Pronunciation
  • (Kagoshima) IPA(key): /d͡ʑukju/, /d͡ʑikju/, /d͡ʑiku/, /d͡ʑiki/

Proper noun

琉球(じゅきゅ) or 琉球(じきゅ) or 琉球(じく) or 琉球(ぢき) • (Jukyu or Jikyu or Jiku or Jiki) 

  1. (Kagoshima) Ryukyu; Ryukyu Islands

Further reading

References
  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 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

Okinawan
Kanji in this term
琉 球
Jinmeiyō Grade: 3

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɾuːt͡ɕuː/, /duːt͡ɕuː/, /luːt͡ɕuː/

Proper noun

琉球(るーちゅー) or 琉球(どぅーちゅー) (Rūchū or Dūchū) 

  1. Ryukyu, pertaining to the Ryukyu Islands or the former Ryukyu Kingdom

References

Vietnamese
chữ Hán Nôm in this term
琉球

Noun

琉球

  1. chữ Hán form of lưu cầu (“jade-inlaid sword”).

Proper noun

琉球

  1. chữ Hán form of Lưu Cầu (“Ryukyu”).
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