彥根

Chinese

		accomplished; elegant	radical (chem.); root; basis
trad. (彥根)		彥	根
simp. (彦根)		彦	根

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 彦根 (Hikone).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Yàngēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˋ ㄍㄣ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Yàngēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˋ ㄍㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Yàngen
    • Wade–Giles: Yen⁴-kên¹
    • Yale: Yàn-gēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yanngen
    • Palladius: Яньгэнь (Janʹgɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn⁵¹ kən⁵⁵/

Proper noun

彥根

1. (～市) Hikone (a city in Shiga Prefecture, Japan)