大谷

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	valley
simp. and trad. (大谷)		大	谷

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàgǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄍㄨˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàgǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄍㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàgǔ
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-ku³
    • Yale: dà-gǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahguu
    • Palladius: дагу (dagu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

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Noun

大谷

1. valley; canyon

Proper noun

大谷

1. (archaic) Dagu Pass (a strategic pass to the south of Luoyang)
2. An orthographic borrowing of the Japanese surname 大谷 (Ōtani)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
大	谷
おお Grade: 1	たに Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Etymology

大(おお) (ō) 谷(たに) (tani, literally “great valley”)

Proper noun

大(おお)谷(たに) • (Ōtani) ^{←おほたに (Ofotani)?}

1. a surname

Descendants

• → Chinese: 大谷 (dàgǔ)