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とぅすくゎん・とぅすくぁん【図書館】 : tusukwan | define meaning
tusukwan
Pronunciation: [tusukʷaŋ̍]
Definition
Noun
- Library
Etymology
Borrowed from standard Japanese としょかん【図書館】 toshokan "library". Ultimately from Chinese 【圖書館・图书馆】 "library" (cf. Mandarin túshūguǎn; Cantonese tou4 syu1 gun2; Wu du sr kuoe; Hakka thù-sû-kón; Min Dong dù-cṳ̆-guāng; Min Nan tô͘-su-koán; Tibetan དཔེ་མཛོད་ཁང dpe mdzod khang; Sino-Korean 도서관 doseogwan).
Spelling
| Orthography | Form |
|---|---|
| Kanji | 図書館 |
| Kana | とぅすくゎん とぅすくぁん |
| New Okinawa Moji | 婢す彩ん |
| Romanization | tusukwan |
| Pronunciation (IPA) | [tusukʷaŋ̍] |
意味：としょかん【図書館】
Categories:
図書館
Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2025, September 7). とぅすくゎん・とぅすくぁん【図書館】 : tusukwan | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2025, December 5, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/4381/tusukwan/.