山口

Chinese

mountain; hill mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)
simp. and trad.
(山口)		 山 口

Pronunciation

Noun

山口

  1. the nut (small piece at the peghead end of the fingerboard that holds the strings at the proper spacing and, in most cases, the proper height) on traditional Chinese stringed instruments
  2. the blowing aperture on the xiao (Chinese vertical bamboo flute)

Proper noun

山口

  1. Yamaguchi, Japan

Japanese

Kanji in this term
山 口
やま
Grade: 1		 くち > ぐち
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 山 (yama, “mountain”) +‎ 口 (kuchi, “mouth; opening, gateway”).[1][2] The kuchi changes to guchi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

山口 (hiragana やまぐち, rōmaji Yamaguchi)

  1. Yamaguchi, the capital city of Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan
  2. Yamaguchi Prefecture in Japan
  3. A surname

See also

References

  1. ↑ 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
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