武江

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 5
こう
Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bɯ̟ko̞ː]

Etymology 1

() (Bu, Clipping of 武蔵) + (こう) (, Clipping of 江戸)

Proper noun

()(こう) • (Bukō

  1. short for 武蔵国江戸 (Musashi no kuni Edo, Edo (former name of Tokyo) in Musashi Province.)
    Synonym: 武州江戸 (Bushū Edo)
    Synonym: 武陽 (Buyō)
    Synonym: 御府内 (Gofunai, where the government is)
    ()(こう)(ねん)(ぴょう)』は、()()における(しゅ)(よう)(れき)()(てき)()()(ごと)(ねん)(だい)()です。
    Bukō nenpyō” wa, edo ni okeru shuyōna rekishiteki dekigoto no nendaiki desu.
    "Bukō Chronicle" (Bukō nenpyō) is chronicles of major historical events in Edo.

Etymology 2

Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 武江.

Proper noun

()(こう) • (Bukō

  1. a district of Shaoguan, Guangdong, China
    Synonym: 武江区 (Bukō ku)
    ()(こう)()は、(ちゅう)()(じん)(みん)(きょう)()(こく)(かん)(とん)(しょう)(しょう)(かん)()()(かつ)()です。
    Bukō ku wa, chūka jinmin kyōwakoku kanton shō shōkan shi no shikatsuku desu.
    Wujiang is a district of Shaoguan, Guangdong province, the People's Republic of China.