函館

See also: 函馆

Chinese

		envelope; case; letter	house; establishment
trad. (函館)		函	館
simp. (函馆)		函	馆

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 函(はこ)館(だて) (Hakodate).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Hánguǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄢˊ ㄍㄨㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haam⁴ gun²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Hâm-koán

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Hánguǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄢˊ ㄍㄨㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Hánguǎn
    • Wade–Giles: Han²-kuan³
    • Yale: Hán-gwǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Harngoan
    • Palladius: Ханьгуань (Xanʹguanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xän³⁵ ku̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: haam⁴ gun²
    • Yale: hàahm gún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haam⁴ gun²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ham⁴ gun²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːm²¹ kuːn³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hâm-koán
    • Tâi-lô: Hâm-kuán
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hamkoarn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ham²⁴⁻²² kuan⁵³/

Proper noun

函館

1. (～市) Hakodate (a city in Hokkaido prefecture, Japan)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
函	館
はこ Jinmeiyō	たて > だて Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Ainu ハㇰ チャシ (hak casi), meaning "shallow fort".

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) はこだて [hàkódáté] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ha̠ko̞da̠te̞]

Proper noun

函(はこ)館(だて) • (Hakodate) 

1. 函館市: Hakodate (a city in Hokkaido prefecture, Japan)
2. a surname

Descendants

• → English: Hakodate
• → Russian: Хакода́те m (Xakodátɛ)