富士山

Chinese

Mount Fuji; Fuji, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan mountain; hill
simp. and trad.
(富士山)		 富士 山

Pronunciation

Proper noun

富士山

  1. Mount Fuji, the tallest mountain in Japan

Japanese

富士山 (Fujisan, Fujiyama): Mount Fuji, the iconically conical volcano.

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
富 士 山
ふ
Grade: 5		 じ
Grade: 4		 さん
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Compound of 富士 (Fuji, the mountain's name) +‎ 山 (san, “mountain, Mount”, generally only read as san in place names).[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

Alternative forms

  • 不二山, 不尽山 (both uncommon)

Proper noun

富士山 (hiragana ふじさん, rōmaji Fujisan)

  1. Mount Fuji, the tallest mountain in Japan

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
富 士 山
ふ
Grade: 5		 じ
Grade: 4		 やま
Grade: 1

Compound of 富士 (Fuji, the mountain's name) +‎ 山 (yama, “mountain”), using the kun'yomi of yama for the last character.[3]

This reading is much less common, and is not listed in many monolingual Japanese dictionaries.[1][2][4] It might be considered proscribed by some.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɸɯ̟ᵝʑija̠ma̠]

Proper noun

富士山 (hiragana ふじやま, rōmaji Fujiyama)

  1. (uncommon, possibly proscribed) Mount Fuji, the tallest mountain in Japan

References

  1. 1 2 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 1 2 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  4. 1 2 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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