石垣

Chinese
rock; stone; 10 pecks wall
simp. and trad.
(石垣)		 石 垣

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 石垣 (Ishigaki).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

石垣

  1. (～市) Ishigaki (a city in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan)
  2. An orthographic borrowing of the Japanese surname 石垣, Ishigaki

Derived terms

Japanese
Kanji in this term
石 垣
いし
Grade: 1		 かき > がき
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Pronunciation
    • (Tokyo) いしがき [ìshígákí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
    • IPA(key): [iɕi̥ɡa̠kʲi]

    Noun

    石(いし)垣(がき) • (ishigaki) 

    1. stone wall

    Proper noun

    石(いし)垣(がき) • (Ishigaki) 

    1. Ishigaki Island
    2. Ishigaki (a city in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan)
    3. a surname

    References
    1. “いし‐がき 【石垣】”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”) Paid subscription required‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here (Note: Dialectal meanings, etymological theories, pronunciation including modern, dialectal, and historical information, Jōdai Tokushu Kanazukai, historical dictionaries containing this word, and the kanji spellings in those dictionaries have been omitted.)

    Yaeyama
    Kanji in this term
    石 垣
    Grade: 1 Grade: S

    Pronunciation
    • (Kuroshima) IPA(key): /ʔisanaki/

    Proper noun

    石垣(いさなき) (Isanaki) 

    1. (Kuroshima) Ishigaki (island in the Yaeyama region)
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