山田

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Chinese

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mountain; hill field; farm
simp. and trad.
(山田)
alternative forms 山塍 Min Nan
山堘 Min Nan

Pronunciation 1

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Etymology 1

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Verb
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山田

  1. (archaic) to hunt in the mountain
Noun
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山田

  1. (archaic) low-quality farmland

Etymology 2

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Proper noun
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山田

  1. An orthographic borrowing of the Japanese surname 山田, Yamada

Pronunciation 2

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Noun

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山田

  1. (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien, agriculture) terraced fields; terrace
Synonyms
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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
やま
Grade: 1
た > だ
Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Etymology

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Compound of (yama, mountain) +‎ (ta, field). The ta changes to da as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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(やま)() (Yamada

  1. a place name
  2. a surname

Usage notes

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This name is used as the stereotypical Japanese family name in 山田太郎 Yamada Tarō (male) and 山田花子 Yamada Hanako (female), similar to John and Jane Smith in English.