新竹

Chinese

new; newly; meso- (chem.) bamboo
simp. and trad.
(新竹)

Etymology

With the renaming and conversion of Teckcham Subprefecture (竹塹竹堑) into the district of Hsinchu in 1878.

Pronunciation


Proper noun

新竹

  1. () Hsinchu (a city in northern Taiwan)
  2. () Hsinchu (a county in northern Taiwan)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
しん
Grade: 2
ちく
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Proper noun

新竹 (hiragana しんちく, rōmaji Shinchiku)

  1. Hsinchu
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