石岡

Chinese

		rock; stone; 10 pecks	ridge; mound
trad. (石岡)		石	岡
simp. (石冈)		石	冈

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 石岡 (Ishioka).

"Shigang district, Taichung, Taiwan": Renamed from 石崗仔／石岗仔 (Chio̍h-kńg-á) in 1920, modelled on Japanese 石岡.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Shígāng

(Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄍㄤ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Shígāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄍㄤ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Shíhgang
  - Wade–Giles: Shih²-kang¹
  - Yale: Shŕ-gāng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shyrgang
  - Palladius: Шиган (Šigan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ kɑŋ⁵⁵/

Proper noun

石岡

(～市) Ishioka (a city in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan)
(～區) Shigang (a district of Taichung, Taiwan)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
石	岡
いし Grade: 1	おか Grade: 4
kun'yomi

Proper noun

石(いし)岡(おか) • (Ishioka)

Ishioka (a city in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan)
a surname