岐阜

Chinese

		divergent; side road; steep	abundant; mound
trad. (岐阜)		岐	阜
simp. ^#(岐阜)		岐	阜

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Qífù

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˊ ㄈㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kei⁴ fau⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Qífù
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˊ ㄈㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Cífù
  - Wade–Giles: Chʻi²-fu⁴
  - Yale: Chí-fù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Chyifuh
  - Palladius: Цифу (Cifu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi³⁵ fu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: kei⁴ fau⁶
  - Yale: kèih fauh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kei⁴ fau⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: kéi⁴ feo⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰei̯²¹ fɐu̯²²/

Proper noun

岐阜

(～縣) Gifu (a prefecture of Japan)
(～市) Gifu (a city in Gifu Prefecture, Japan)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
岐	阜
ぎ Grade: 4	ふ Grade: 4
on'yomi

Etymology

Blend of 岐山 +‎ 曲阜, of which the former is the place where Zhou Dynasty originated and the latter is the place of birth of Confucius. Coined by Oda Nobunaga.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ぎふ [gìfú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɡʲiɸɯ̟]

Proper noun

岐(ぎ)阜(ふ) • (Gifu)

Gifu (the capital city of Gifu Prefecture, Japan)
Gifu (a prefecture of Japan)
a surname

Descendants

→ English: Gifu
→ Russian: Ги́фу m (Gífu)

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

[NHK-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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