鹿兒島

See also: 鹿児島 and 鹿儿岛

Chinese

		deer	son; child; diminutive suffix	island
trad. (鹿兒島)		鹿	兒	島
simp. (鹿儿岛)		鹿	儿	岛

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 鹿児島 (Kagoshima).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Lù'érdǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄨˋ ㄦˊ ㄉㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): luk⁶ ji⁴ dou²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Lù'érdǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄨˋ ㄦˊ ㄉㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Lù-érdǎo
  - Wade–Giles: Lu⁴-êrh²-tao³
  - Yale: Lù-ér-dǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Luherldao
  - Palladius: Луэрдао (Luerdao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu⁵¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: luk⁶ ji⁴ dou²
  - Yale: luhk yìh dóu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: luk⁹ ji⁴ dou²
  - Guangdong Romanization: lug⁶ yi⁴ dou²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊk̚² jiː²¹ tou̯³⁵/

Proper noun

鹿兒島

(～縣) Kagoshima (a prefecture in southwestern Japan)
(～市) Kagoshima (the capital city of Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鹿	兒	島
か Grade: 4	こ > ご Jinmeiyō	しま Grade: 3
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 鹿兒島 – see the following entry.

【鹿児島かごしま】	[proper noun] Kagoshima (the capital city of Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan) [proper noun] Kagoshima (a prefecture in southern Kyushu, Japan) Alternative spelling 麑島
【鹿児島かごひま】	[proper noun] (Kagoshima) alternative form of 鹿児島 (Kagoshima) Alternative spellings かごいま, かごっま, カゴッマ, かごんま, カゴンマ

(This term, 鹿兒島, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Okinawan

Kanji in this term
鹿	兒	島
か Grade: 4	く > ぐ Jinmeiyō	しま Grade: 3

Proper noun

鹿(か)兒(ぐ)島(しま) (Kagushima)

Kyūjitai form of 鹿児島 (Kagushima, “Kagoshima”)