福岡

See also: 福冈

Chinese

		good fortune; happiness; luck good fortune; happiness; luck; Fujian province (abbrev.); surname	ridge; mound
trad. (福岡)		福	岡
simp. (福冈)		福	冈

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 福岡(ふくおか) (Fukuoka).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Fúgāng

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˊ ㄍㄤ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fuk¹ gong¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Hok-kong

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Fúgāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˊ ㄍㄤ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Fúgang
  - Wade–Giles: Fu²-kang¹
  - Yale: Fú-gāng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Fwugang
  - Palladius: Фуган (Fugan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu³⁵ kɑŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fuk¹ gong¹
  - Yale: fūk gōng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fuk⁷ gong¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: fug¹ gong¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fʊk̚⁵ kɔːŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hok-kong
  - Tâi-lô: Hok-kong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hokkofng
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hɔk̚³²⁻⁴ kɔŋ⁴⁴/

Proper noun

福岡

(～縣) Fukuoka (a prefecture in northern Kyushu, Japan)
(～市) Fukuoka (the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
福	岡
ふく Grade: 3	おか Grade: 4
jūbakoyomi

Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ふくおか [fùkúꜜòkà] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟̊kɯ̟o̞ka̠]

Proper noun

福(ふく)岡(おか) • (Fukuoka) ^{←ふくをか (Fukwoka)^?}

Fukuoka (the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan)
Fukuoka (a prefecture in northern Kyushu, Japan)
Fukuoka (several smaller localities in Japan)
a surname

Derived terms

福(ふく)岡県(おかけん) (Fukuoka-ken)
福(ふく)岡市(おかし) (Fukuoka-shi)

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