木村

Chinese

tree; wood village
simp. and trad.
(木村)
木 村

Pronunciation


Proper noun

木村

  1. An orthographic borrowing of the Japanese surname 木村, Kimura

Japanese

Kanji in this term
木 村
き
Grade: 1
むら
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 木(き) (ki, “tree”) + 村(むら) (mura, “village”). Literally, “tree village”.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) きむら [kìmúrá] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [kʲimɯ̟ᵝɾa̠]

Proper noun

木(き)村(むら) • (Kimura) 

  1. A historical village in Gamō district, Ōmi, Tōsandō, Japan; equivalent to the former place in Gamō, Gamō district, Shiga Prefecture, now a place in Higashiōmi, Shiga Prefecture.
  2. a surname
    木(き)村(むら)拓(たく)哉(や) ― Kimura Takuya ― Takuya Kimura

Descendants

  • → Chinese: 木村 (Mùcūn)
  • → English: Kimura
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