埼玉県

Japanese

Kanji in this term
さい
Grade: 4
たま
Grade: 1
けん
Grade: 3
kun'yomi kan'on
Alternative spelling
埼玉縣 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 埼玉 (Saitama) +‎ (-ken, prefecture).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) いたまけん [sàítámáꜜkèǹ] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [sa̠ita̠ma̠kẽ̞ɴ]

Proper noun

(さい)(たま)(けん) • (Saitama-ken

  1. Saitama (an inland prefecture in the Kantō region of Japan)

See also

References

  1. ^ 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