開城

Chinese

open; operate (vehicle); start city walls; city; town
trad. (開城)
simp. (开城)

Pronunciation


Proper noun

開城

  1. (特別市, ) Kaesong (a city in North Korea)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
かい
Grade: 3
じょう
Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) いじょー [kàíjóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ka̠iʑo̞ː]

Noun

(かい)(じょう) • (kaijōかいじやう (kaizyau)?

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Verb

(かい)(じょう)する • (kaijō suruかいじやう (kaizyau)?suru (stem (かい)(じょう) (kaijō shi), past (かい)(じょう)した (kaijō shita))

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Conjugation

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term

Grade: 3
そん
Grade: 4
irregular

From Korean 개성(開城) (gaeseong).

Alternative forms

  • (dated) 開城(かいじょう) (Kaijō)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ke̞sõ̞ɴ]

Proper noun

開城(ケソン) • (Keson

  1. Kaesong (a city in North Korea)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
かい
Grade: 3
じょう
Grade: 4
on'yomi

Orthographic borrowing from Korean 개성(開城) (gaeseong).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ka̠iʑo̞ː]

Proper noun

(かい)(じょう) • (Kaijōかいじやう (Kaizyau)?

  1. (dated) Kaesong (a city in North Korea)
Synonyms
  • 開城(ケソン) (Keson)

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Proper noun

開城 • (Gaeseong) (hangeul 개성)

  1. hanja form? of 개성 (Kaesong)