櫻井

Chinese

		cherry	warn; well
trad. (櫻井)		櫻	井
simp. (樱井)		樱	井

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 桜井 (Sakurai).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Yīngjǐng

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄥㄐㄧㄥˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Yīngjǐng
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄥㄐㄧㄥˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Yingjǐng
  - Wade–Giles: Ying¹-ching³
  - Yale: Yīng-jǐng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Ingjiing
  - Palladius: Инцзин (Inczin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Proper noun

櫻井

(～市) Sakurai (a city in Nara Prefecture, Japan)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
櫻	井
さくら Jinmeiyō	い Grade: 4
kun'yomi

Etymology

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Pronunciation

(Tokyo) さくらい [sàkúꜜràì] (Nakadaka – [2])
IPA^(key): [sa̠kɯ̟ɾa̠i]

Proper noun

櫻(さくら)井(い) • (Sakurai) ^{←さくらゐ (Sakurawi)^?}

Sakurai (a neighborhood of Asahi, Chiba Prefecture, Japan)
a surname
Kyūjitai form of 桜井

Descendants

→ Chinese: 櫻井 / 樱井 (Yīngjǐng)
→ English: Sakurai