宮城県

Japanese

Kanji in this term
みや
Grade: 3
き > ぎ
Grade: 4
けん
Grade: 3
kun'yomi kan'on
Alternative spelling
宮城縣 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 宮城 (Miyagi) +‎ (-ken, prefecture).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) やぎけん [mìyágíꜜkèǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [mʲija̠ɡʲikẽ̞ɴ]

Proper noun

(みや)()(けん) • (Miyagi-ken

  1. a prefecture in 東北 (Tōhoku) region of Japan; its capital city is 仙台 (Sendai)

See also

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