茨城

See also: 茨木

Chinese

		Tribulus terrestris; thatched hut	city walls; city; town
trad. (茨城)		茨	城
simp. ^#(茨城)		茨	城

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 茨(いばら)城(き) (Ibaraki).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Cíchéng

(Zhuyin): ㄘˊ ㄔㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ci⁴ sing⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Cíchéng
  - Zhuyin: ㄘˊ ㄔㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Cíhchéng
  - Wade–Giles: Tzʻŭ²-chʻêng²
  - Yale: Tsź-chéng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Tsyrcherng
  - Palladius: Цычэн (Cyčɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰz̩³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ci⁴ sing⁴
  - Yale: chìh sìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsi⁴ sing⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: qi⁴ xing⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː²¹ sɪŋ²¹/

Proper noun

茨城

(～縣) Ibaraki (a prefecture of Japan)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
茨	城
いばら Grade: 4	き Grade: 4
kun'yomi

According to legend, people in the age of Emperor Sujin (崇神) built a thorny castle (茨の城) there and wiped out burglars.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) いばらき [ìbáꜜràkì] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1]
IPA^(key): [iba̠ɾa̠kʲi]

Proper noun

茨(いばら)城(き) • (Ibaraki)

Ibaraki (a prefecture in north-eastern Honshu, Japan)
Synonym: 茨城県 (“Ibaraki: a prefecture in Kantō”)
ancient place name of Hitachi (常陸)

Descendants

Russian: Ибара́ки f (Ibaráki)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
茨	城
いばら Grade: 4	き > ぎ Grade: 4
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) いばらぎ [ìbáꜜràgì] (Nakadaka – [2])
IPA^(key): [iba̠ɾa̠ɡʲi]

Proper noun

茨(いばら)城(ぎ) • (Ibaragi)

(proscribed) alternative form of 茨城 (Ibaraki)

Further reading

茨城県 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja

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