Kanji symbols of Direction of Recent Article

These are "Kanji that symbolize Direction" of Japanese element symbols.

Japanese element symbols that symbolize "North, south, east, and west".「東西南北」( "North, south, east, and west")...These four characters are often included in a Japanese family name.As for a Japanese family name, many were made from the name of a place and the direction.
Therefore, the character that shows the direction is considerably included in a Japanese present family name.
I was enumerating some Japanese family names after the example word of each character.

By the way, there are 150,000 kinds of a Japanese family name.270 kinds of family names are used with South Korea and North Korea.
And, about 4000 kinds of family names are used in China.
In the kind of the family name used though all these of four countries are countries of the Orient, there is greatly a difference.

Kanji symbols that symbolize north, south, east, and west.

North, south, east, and west.pdf

.Moreover, each word has "onyomi" and "kunyomi".
Please refer to the word enumerated in the example.

 

 

- The pronunciation in parentheses is "Okuri-gana".

 

 

1　North　 hoku kita

English	Japanese	Pron.
The north	北	kita
go north	北上	hoku-jo
Japanese place-name "Hokkaido"	北海道	hokkaido
The orth Pole	北極	hokkyoku
North latitude	北緯	hoku-i
Northern district	北国	kita-guni

 

<Japanese family name including "North">

Japanese	Pron.
北	kita
北岡	kita-oka
北川	kita-gawa
北島	kita-jima
北村	kita-mura
北原	kita-hara
北城	kita-shiro
	It is a lot of the other.

By the way, my family name is "原[=Hara]".
　　　　　　　
The meaning is "Field".

There is a family name of "原[=Hara]" in Japan.　

The alphabet in a parenthesis is the pronunciation in Japanese.　　　　　　

2　South　 nan,na minami

English	Japanese	Pron.
The south	南	minami
The South Pole	南極	nan-kyoku
The Southern country	南国	nan-goku
Southern sea	南海	nan-kai
The southwest	南西部	nan-sei-bu
South wind	南風	minami-kaze

<Japanese family name including "South">

Japanese	Pron.
阿南	a-nan
南条	nan-jo
南波	nan-ba
南原	nan-bara, minami-hara
南野	minami-no
南	minami
	It is a lot of the other.

3　East　 to higashi

En.	Ja.	Pron.
The east	東	higashi
Tokyo	東京	tokyo
East northeast	東北東	to-nan-to
Oriental	東洋人	to-yo-jin
East side	東側	higashi-gawa
The east United States	東アメリカ	higashi-amerika
East Japan	東日本	higashi-nihon

 

<Japanese family name including "East">

Japanese	Pron.
東野	higashi-no
東山	higashi-yama
東尾	higashi-o
東小野	higashi-ono
東崎	higashi-zaki
東坂	higashi-zaka
	It is a lot of the other.

4　West　 sei, sai nishi

English	Japanese	Pron.
The west	西	nishi
Afternoon sun	西日	nishi-bi
West side	西側	nishi-gawa
The west wind	西風	nishi-kaze
The Atlantic Ocean	大西洋	tai-sei-yo
The northwest	北西	hoku-sei
Kansai area people in Japan	関西人	kansai-jin

<Japanese family name including "West">

Japanese	Pron.
西条	sai-jo
西賀	sai-ga
西園寺	sai-on-ji
西郷	sai-go
西塚	nishi-zuka
西村	nishi-mura
西原	nishi-hara
	It is a lot of the other.

Japanese element symbols that symbolize "North, south, east, and west".

"North, south, east, and west". In Japanese and English, order is different !
In English, "North, south, east, and west".
In Japanese, "East, west, south, and north".　

" 東西南北 [=To zai nan boku] "

There is such an expression that uses this word.
It is pronounced in Japanese in this way.

" 東西南北津々浦 [=To zai nan boku tuzu uraura]"

The alphabet in a parenthesis is the pronunciation in Japanese.

 

This is used in a meaning at "the various places of a wide range".
But, if the foreigner uses it because it is a considerably classic expression, you will be respected by the Japanese!

　

Kanji symbols of "touzai nannboku tsuzu uraura"

　To-zai-nan-boku-tsuzu-ura-ura.pdf

Let's practice writing the Japanese Kanji symbols.

The practice notebook of Japanese Kanji.
Sample of notebook of practice of stroke order of Kanji symbols that symbolize the direction.
Please trace on Kanji in numerical order.

Practice notebook of "The Kanji that symbolize direction"

North-south-east-and-west of Kanji symbols.pdf