北斗

Chinese
north
 
ladle; dipper; small
ladle; dipper; small; big; stars
trad. (北斗) 北 斗
simp. #(北斗) 北 斗

Pronunciation

Proper noun

北斗

  1. Big Dipper
  2. (～市) Hokuto, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan
  3. (～鎮) Beidou (an urban township in Changhua, Taiwan)

Derived terms

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (北斗):
  • → Japanese: 北斗(ほくと) (hokuto)
  • → Korean: 북두(北斗) (bukdu)
  • → Vietnamese: Bắc Đẩu (北斗)

Japanese
Kanji in this term
北 斗
ほく
Grade: 2		 と
Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ほ​くと [hóꜜkùtò] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ho̞kɯ̟̊ᵝto̞]

Proper noun

北(ほく)斗(と) • (Hokuto) 

  1. Big Dipper
  2. a unisex given name
  3. A city in Hokkaido prefecture, Japan.

References
  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

Korean
Hanja in this term
北斗

Proper noun

北斗 • (Bukdu) (hangeul 북두)

  1. Hanja form? of 북두 (“Big Dipper”).

Vietnamese
Hán tự in this term
北斗

Proper noun

北斗

  1. chữ Hán form of Bắc Đẩu (“Big Dipper”).
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