都心

Japanese

Kanji in this term
都	心
と Grade: 3	しん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

From 都 (to, “metropolis”) + 心 (shin, “central part”)

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) としん [tòshíń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
- IPA^(key): [to̞ɕĩɴ]

Noun

都心 (hiragana としん, rōmaji toshin)

heart of a city, center of a city

Derived terms

副都心 (fukutoshin): urban subcenter

References

↑ 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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