宇城

Chinese

		room; universe	city walls; city; town
simp. and trad. (宇城)		宇	城

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 宇城 (Uki).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Yǔchéng

(Zhuyin): ㄩˇ ㄔㄥˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Yǔchéng
  - Zhuyin: ㄩˇ ㄔㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Yǔchéng
  - Wade–Giles: Yü³-chʻêng²
  - Yale: Yǔ-chéng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yeucherng
  - Palladius: Юйчэн (Jujčɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /y²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/

Proper noun

宇城

(～市) Uki (a city in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
宇	城
う Grade: 6	き Grade: 4
jūbakoyomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) うき [úꜜkì] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [ɯ̟kʲi]

Proper noun

宇(う)城(き) • (Uki)

Uki (a city in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
宇	城
う Grade: 6	しろ Grade: 4
jūbakoyomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) うしろ [úꜜshìrò] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ɕiɾo̞]

Proper noun

宇(う)城(しろ) • (Ushiro)

a surname