三鷹

Chinese

		three	eagle; falcon; hawk
trad. (三鷹)		三	鷹
simp. (三鹰)		三	鹰

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 三(み)鷹(たか) (Mitaka, literally “Three Hawks”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Sānyīng

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄢㄧㄥ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Sānyīng
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄢㄧㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Sanying
  - Wade–Giles: San¹-ying¹
  - Yale: Sān-yīng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Saning
  - Palladius: Саньин (Sanʹin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ iŋ⁵⁵/

Proper noun

三鷹

(～市) Mitaka (a city in Tokyo prefecture, Japan)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
三	鷹
み Grade: 1	たか Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 三(み) (mi, “three”) + 鷹(たか) (taka, “hawks”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) みたか [mìtáká] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [mʲita̠ka̠]

Proper noun

三(み)鷹(たか) • (Mitaka)

Mitaka (a city in Tokyo prefecture, Japan)

References

^ 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN