石垣

Chinese

		rock; stone; 10 pecks	wall
simp. and trad. (石垣)		石	垣

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 石垣 (Ishigaki).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Shíyuán

(Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄩㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sek⁶ wun⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Shíyuán
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄩㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Shíhyuán
  - Wade–Giles: Shih²-yüan²
  - Yale: Shŕ-ywán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shyryuan
  - Palladius: Шиюань (Šijuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ ɥɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sek⁶ wun⁴
  - Yale: sehk wùhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sek⁹ wun⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ség⁶ wun⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛːk̚² wuːn²¹/

Proper noun

石垣

(～市) Ishigaki (a city in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan)
an orthographic borrowing of the Japanese surname 石垣, Ishigaki

Derived terms

石垣島 / 石垣岛 (Shíyuándǎo)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
石	垣
いし Grade: 1	かき > がき Grade: S
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) いしがき [ìshígákí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [iɕi̥ɡa̠kʲi]

Noun

石(いし)垣(がき) • (ishigaki)

stone wall

Proper noun

石(いし)垣(がき) • (Ishigaki)

Ishigaki Island
Ishigaki (a city in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan)
a surname

References

^ “いし‐がき【石垣】”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here

Yaeyama

Kanji in this term
石	垣
Grade: 1	Grade: S

Pronunciation

(Kuroshima) IPA^(key): /ʔisanaki/

Proper noun

石垣(いさなき) (Isanaki)

(Kuroshima) Ishigaki (island in the Yaeyama region)