古田

Chinese

		ancient; old	field; farm
simp. and trad. (古田)		古	田

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “古 from 坵?”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Gǔtián

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˇ ㄊㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gu² tin⁴
• Eastern Min (BUC): Kŭ-chèng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Kó͘-chhân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Gǔtián
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ ㄊㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Gǔtián
    • Wade–Giles: Ku³-tʻien²
    • Yale: Gǔ-tyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Guutyan
    • Palladius: Гутянь (Gutjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gu² tin⁴
    • Yale: gú tìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gu² tin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gu² tin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuː³⁵ tʰiːn²¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Kŭ-chèng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu⁵⁵ ^(t͡sʰ-)ʒɛiŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kó͘-chhân
    • Tâi-lô: Kóo-tshân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kofzhaan
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰan²⁴/

Proper noun

古田

1. (～縣) Gutian (a county of Ningde, Fujian, China)

Descendants

• → English: Gutian, Kucheng

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Gǔtián

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˇ ㄊㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gu² tin⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Gǔtián
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ ㄊㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Gǔtián
    • Wade–Giles: Ku³-tʻien²
    • Yale: Gǔ-tyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Guutyan
    • Palladius: Гутянь (Gutjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gu² tin⁴
    • Yale: gú tìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gu² tin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gu² tin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuː³⁵ tʰiːn²¹/

Proper noun

古田

1. (～鎮) Gutian (a town in Shanghang, Longyan, Fujian, China)

Descendants

• → English: Gutian

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
古	田
ふる Grade: 2	た Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Kanji in this term
古	田
ふる > ふっ Grade: 2	た Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Compound of 古(ふる) (furu, “old, worn out”, noun) + 田(た) (ta, “field, paddy”). Literally, “old (rice) field”.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ふるた [fúꜜrùtà] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟ɾɯ̟ta̠]

• (Tokyo) ふった [fúꜜttà] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟t̚ta̠]

Noun

古(ふる)田(た) • (furuta) 

1. (agriculture) old rice paddy; worn out, abandoned field

Proper noun

古(ふる)田(た) • (Furuta) 

1. Furuta (neighborhoods in Japan):
   1. A neighborhood of Nishinoomote, Kagoshima Prefecture.
   2. A neighborhood of Motoyama, Kōchi Prefecture.
   3. A neighborhood of Kawachi, Tochigi Prefecture.
   4. A neighborhood of Harima, Hyōgo Prefecture.
   5. A neighborhood of Oguni, Yamagata Prefecture.
   6. A neighborhood of Kushimoto, Wakayama Prefecture.
2. a surname

古(ふっ)田(た) • (Futta) 

1. Futta (a neighborhood of Kawai, Iwate Prefecture, Japan)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
古	田
こ Grade: 2	た Grade: 1
jūbakoyomi

Kanji in this term
古	田
こ Grade: 2	た > だ Grade: 1
jūbakoyomi

The ta changes to da as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ko̞ta̠]

• IPA^(key): [ko̞da̠]

Proper noun

古(こ)田(た) • (Kota) 

1. (history) the Honda feudal territory (知行地 (chigyō-chi)) of the Tosa Domain

古(こ)田(だ) • (Koda) 

1. Koda (a neighborhood of Tahara, Aichi Prefecture, Japan)
2. Koda (the neighborhoods of Shibata and Niigata, Niigata Prefecture, Japan)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
古	田
こ Grade: 2	でん Grade: 1
on'yomi

Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 古田 (Gǔtián).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ko̞dẽ̞ɴ]

Proper noun

古(こ)田(でん) • (Koden) 

1. Gutian (a county of Ningde, Fujian, China)