貝塚

Chinese

		cowries; shell; valuables cowries; shell; valuables; shellfish	mound
trad. (貝塚)		貝	塚
simp. (贝冢)		贝	冢

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 貝塚 (Kaizuka).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Bèizhǒng

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄟˋ ㄓㄨㄥˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Bèizhǒng
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄟˋ ㄓㄨㄥˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Bèijhǒng
  - Wade–Giles: Pei⁴-chung³
  - Yale: Bèi-jǔng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Beyjoong
  - Palladius: Бэйчжун (Bɛjčžun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Proper noun

貝塚

(～市) Kaizuka (a city in Ōsaka prefecture, Japan)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
貝	塚
かい Grade: 1	つか > づか Grade: S
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 貝(かい) (kai) + 塚(つか) (tsuka). The tsuka changes to zuka as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) かいづか [kàízúká] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
(Tokyo) かいづか [káꜜìzùkà] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ka̠izɨka̠]

Noun

貝(かい)塚(づか) • (kaizuka) ^{←かひづか (kafiduka)^?}

(archaeology) shellmound; shell midden

Derived terms

貝(かい)塚(づか)伊(い)吹(ぶき) (kaizuka ibuki)

Proper noun

貝(かい)塚(づか) • (Kaizuka) ^{←かひづか (Kafiduka)^?}

Kaizuka (a city in Osaka Prefecture, Japan)
a surname

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN