富士山

Chinese

mountain; hill
simp. and trad.
(富士山) 		富士 山

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 富士山 (Fujisan).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

富士山

  1. Mount Fuji (the highest mountain in Japan)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
富 士 山
ふ
Grade: 4 		じ
Grade: 5 		さん
Grade: 1
goon kan'on
Alternative spellings
不二山 (uncommon)
不尽山 (uncommon)

Compound of 富士 (Fuji, the mountain's name) +‎ 山 (san, “mountain, Mount”, generally only read as san in place names).[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ふじさん [fúꜜjìsàǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])[4]
  • IPA(key): [ɸɯ̟ʑisã̠ɴ]
  • Audio:(file)

Proper noun

富(ふ)士(じ)山(さん) • (Fujisan) 

  1. Mount Fuji, the tallest mountain in Japan

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
富 士 山
ふ
Grade: 4 		じ
Grade: 5 		やま
Grade: 1
goon kun'yomi

Compound of 富士 (Fuji, the mountain's name) +‎ 山 (yama, “mountain”), using the kun'yomi of yama for the last character.[3]

This reading is much less common, and is not listed in many monolingual Japanese dictionaries.[1][2][4] It might be considered proscribed by some.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɸɯ̟ʑija̠ma̠]

Proper noun

富(ふ)士(じ)山(やま) • (Fujiyama) 

  1. (uncommon, possibly proscribed) Mount Fuji, the tallest mountain in Japan

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 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
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