鈴木

鈴木

1. an orthographic borrowing of the Japanese surname 鈴木, Suzuki

Compound of 鈴(すず) (suzu, “bell”) + 木(き) (ki, “tree”).

• (Tokyo) すずき [sùzúkí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [sɨzɨkʲi]

• Homophone: 鱸

鈴(すず)木(き) • (Suzuki) 

1. 鈴木, スズキ: a surname: the 2nd most common surname in Japan.^[1]

   Coordinate terms: 佐藤 (Satō), 鈴木 (Suzuki), 高橋 (Takahashi), 田中 (Tanaka), 渡辺 (Watanabe) (most common surnames)

2. Suzuki (neighborhoods in Japan):
   1. a neighborhood of Ami, Ibaraki Prefecture
   2. a neighborhood of Kawasaki, Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture
   3. a neighborhood of Kodaira, Tokyo prefecture

• This is an example of a word that can be spelled with katakana to convey an informal conversational tone, as スズキ.