鳥取県

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鳥 取 県
とり > とっ
Grade: 2 		と(り)
Grade: 3 		けん
Grade: 3
irregular kun'yomi kan'on
Alternative spelling
鳥取縣 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 鳥取 (Tottori) +‎ 県 (-ken, “prefecture”).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) とっとりけん [tòttóríꜜkèǹ] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [to̞t̚to̞ɾʲikẽ̞ɴ]

Proper noun

鳥(とっ)取(とり)県(けん) • (Tottori-ken) 

  1. a prefecture in the 中国 (Chūgoku) region of Japan facing the Sea of Japan; its capital city is also 鳥取 (Tottori)

See also

prefectures of Japan: 日本edit

References

  1. ^ 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
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