石岡

Chinese

		rock; stone; 10 pecks	ridge; mound
trad. (石岡)		石	岡
simp. (石冈)		石	冈

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 石岡 (Ishioka).

"Shigang district, Taichung, Taiwan"

Renamed from 石崗仔／石岗仔 (Chio̍h-kńg-á) in 1920, modelled on Japanese 石岡.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Shígāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄍㄤ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Shígāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄍㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Shíhgang
    • Wade–Giles: Shih²-kang¹
    • Yale: Shŕ-gāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shyrgang
    • Palladius: Шиган (Šigan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ kɑŋ⁵⁵/

Proper noun

石岡

1. (～市) Ishioka (a city in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan)
2. (～區) Shigang (a district of Taichung, Taiwan)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
石	岡
いし Grade: 1	おか Grade: 4
kun'yomi

Proper noun

石(いし)岡(おか) • (Ishioka) 

1. Ishioka (a city in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan)
2. a surname