志賀

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (志賀)		志	賀
simp. (志贺)		志	贺

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 志賀(しが) (Shiga).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Zhìhè

(Zhuyin): ㄓˋ ㄏㄜˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Zhìhè
  - Zhuyin: ㄓˋ ㄏㄜˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Jhìhhè
  - Wade–Giles: Chih⁴-ho⁴
  - Yale: Jr̀-hè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jyhheh
  - Palladius: Чжихэ (Čžixɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ xɤ⁵¹/

Proper noun

志賀

An orthographic borrowing of the Japanese surname 志賀, Shiga

Derived terms

志賀菌 / 志贺菌 (zhìhèjūn)

Japanese

Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:

志賀

Wikipedia ^ja

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
志	賀
し Grade: 5	が Grade: 4
goon

Superficially 志(し) (shi, “determination”) + 賀(が) (ga, “celebration”). Shiga, the area near Lake Biwa, was the site of Emperor Tenchi’s palace in the late 7th century. In waka poetry 志賀 is often used to evoke nostalgia for the ancient empire.^[1]

Compare 滋賀 (Shiga).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しが [shíꜜgà] (Atamadaka – [1])
(Tokyo) しが [shìgá] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [ɕiɡa̠]

Proper noun

志(し)賀(が) • (Shiga)

neighborhoods of Kita ward, Nagoya, and of Toyota, in Aichi Prefecture
a neighborhood of Ranzan, Saitama Prefecture
a neighborhood of Saku, Nagano Prefecture
a neighborhood of Yoshino, Nara Prefecture
the neighborhoods of Iwanuma and Misato, Miyagi Prefecture
the neighborhoods of Katsuragi and Hidaka, Wakayama Prefecture
former name for the area southwest to Biwa and around Ōtsu in Shiga Prefecture, Japan.
a surname
志(し)賀(が)潔(きよし)
Shiga Kiyoshi
Kiyoshi Shiga, physician and eponym of the Shigella genus

Descendants

→ Chinese: 志賀 / 志贺 (Zhìhè)
→ English: Shiga

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
志	賀
し Grade: 5	か Grade: 4
kan'on

Attested in the Man’yōshū, c. 759, in reference to Shikanoshima.^[2]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɕika̠]

Proper noun

志(し)賀(か) • (Shika)

a town in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan
short for 志賀島 (Shikanoshima), an area north of Fukuoka city

References

^ Kitahara Yasuo, editor (2004), “しが【志賀】”, in Shōgakkan zenbun zen'yaku kogo jiten [Shogakkan’s unabridged dictionary of archaisms]
^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[1] Kitahara Yasuo, editor (2004), “しが【志賀】”, in Shōgakkan zenbun zen'yaku kogo jiten [Shogakkan’s unabridged dictionary of archaisms]

[2] Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

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