高砂

Chinese

		high; tall	sand; gravel; granule
simp. and trad. (高砂)		高	砂

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Gāoshā

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄠ ㄕㄚ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Ko-sa

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Gāoshā
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄠ ㄕㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Gaosha
    • Wade–Giles: Kao¹-sha¹
    • Yale: Gāu-shā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Gausha
    • Palladius: Гаоша (Gaoša)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʂä⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ko-sa
    • Tâi-lô: Ko-sa
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koisaf
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ko⁴⁴⁻²² sa⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ko³³ sa³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ko⁴⁴⁻²² sa⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ko⁴⁴⁻³³ sa⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ sa⁴⁴/

Proper noun

高砂

1. An obsolete Japanese name for Taiwan.
2. (～市) Takasago (a city in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan)

Derived terms

• 高砂族

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
高	砂
たか Grade: 2	さご Grade: 6
kun’yomi

Proper noun

高(たか)砂(さご) • (Takasago) 

1. (archaic) an old name for Taiwan
2. A city in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.
3. (theater) the title of a Noh play

Related terms

• 高砂国(たかさごこく) (Takasago Koku)