和歌

Chinese

		Japanese	song
simp. and trad. (和歌)		和	歌

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 和歌(わか) (waka).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hégē

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ ㄍㄜ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wo⁴ go¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hô-koa

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hégē
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄍㄜ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hége
  - Wade–Giles: ho²-ko¹
  - Yale: hé-gē
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: herge
  - Palladius: хэгэ (xɛgɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵ kɤ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wo⁴ go¹
  - Yale: wòh gō
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wo⁴ go¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: wo⁴ go¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔː²¹ kɔː⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hô-koa
  - Tâi-lô: hô-kua
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoi'koaf
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ho²⁴⁻²² kua⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ho²⁴⁻²² kua³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ho¹³⁻²² kua⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ho²⁴⁻¹¹ kua⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ²³⁻³³ kua⁴⁴/

Noun

和歌

waka (a style of Japanese poetry)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
和	歌
わ Grade: 3	か Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) わか [wáꜜkà] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [β̞a̠ka̠]

Noun

和(わ)歌(か) • (waka)

Japanese poetry, waka
tanka: 31-mora poetry having the pattern 5-7-5 7-7

See also

短歌
長歌
仏足石歌
旋頭歌
片歌