高砂

Chinese

		high; tall	sand; gravel; granule
simp. and trad. (高砂)		高	砂

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Gāoshā

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄠㄕㄚ
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Ko-sa

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Gāoshā
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄠㄕㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Gaosha
  - Wade–Giles: Kao¹-sha¹
  - Yale: Gāu-shā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Gausha
  - Palladius: Гаоша (Gaoša)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʂä⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ko-sa
  - Tâi-lô: Ko-sa
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koisaf
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ko⁴⁴⁻²² sa⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ko³³ sa³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ko⁴⁴⁻²² sa⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ko⁴⁴⁻³³ sa⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ sa⁴⁴/

Proper noun

高砂

An obsolete Japanese name for Taiwan.
(～市) Takasago (a city in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan)

Derived terms

高砂族

Japanese

Kanji in this term
高	砂
たか Grade: 2	さご Grade: 6
kun'yomi

Proper noun

高(たか)砂(さご) • (Takasago)

(archaic) an old name for Taiwan
a city in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan
(theater) the title of a Noh play

Related terms

高砂国(たかさごこく) (Takasago Koku)