福井

Chinese

		good fortune; happiness; luck good fortune; happiness; luck; Fujian province (abbrev.); surname	warn; well
simp. and trad. (福井)		福	井

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 福(ふく)井(い) (Fukui).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Fújǐng

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˊ ㄐㄧㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fuk¹ zeng²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Fújǐng
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˊ ㄐㄧㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Fújǐng
    • Wade–Giles: Fu²-ching³
    • Yale: Fú-jǐng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Fwujiing
    • Palladius: Фуцзин (Fuczin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu³⁵ t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fuk¹ zeng²
    • Yale: fūk jéng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fuk⁷ dzeng²
    • Guangdong Romanization: fug¹ zéng²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fʊk̚⁵ t͡sɛːŋ³⁵/

Proper noun

福井

1. (～縣) Fukui (a prefecture of Japan)
2. (～市) Fukui (the capital city of Fukui Prefecture, Japan)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
福	井
ふく Grade: 3	い Grade: 4
jūbakoyomi

Alternative spelling
福井 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ふく​い [fùkúꜜì] (Nakadaka – [2])
• (Tokyo) ふくい [fùkúí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟ᵝkɯ̟ᵝi]

Proper noun

福(ふく)井(い) • (Fukui) ^{←ふくゐ (fukwi)?}

1. Fukui (the capital city of Fukui Prefecture, Japan)
2. Fukui (a prefecture on the north coast of Honshu, Japan)
3. a surname

Derived terms

• 福井県(ふくいけん) (Fukui-ken)
• 福井市(ふくいし) (Fukui-shi)
• 福井藩(ふくいはん) (Fukui-han)