高安

Chinese

		high; tall	content; calm; still content; calm; still; quiet; to pacify; peace; how
trad. (高安)		高	安
simp. #(高安)		高	安

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Gāo'ān

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄠ ㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gou¹ on¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Gāo'ān
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄠ ㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Gao-an
    • Wade–Giles: Kao¹-an¹
    • Yale: Gāu-ān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Gauan
    • Palladius: Гаоань (Gaoanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ˀän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gou¹ on¹
    • Yale: gōu ōn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gou¹ on¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gou¹ on¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kou̯⁵⁵ ɔːn⁵⁵/

Proper noun

高安

1. (～市) Gao'an (a city in Jiangxi, China)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
高	安
たか Grade: 2	やす Grade: 3
kun'yomi

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

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) たかやす [tàkáꜜyàsù] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [ta̠ka̠ja̠sɨ]

Proper noun

高(たか)安(やす) • (Takayasu) 

1. Takayasu (a place and station in Yao, Osaka Prefecture, Japan).
   1. A historical district of Kawachi.
2. Takayasu (a place in Ikaruga, Ikoma district, Nara Prefecture, Japan).
3. a surname

   高(たか)安(やす)右人(みきと)

   Takayasu Mikito

   Mikito Takayasu, ophthalmologist known for Takayasu arteritis

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
高	安
こう Grade: 2	やす Grade: 3
jūbakoyomi

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ko̞ːja̠sɨ]

Proper noun

高(こう)安(やす) • (Kōyasu) 

1. A place in Takahata, Higashiokitama district, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan.

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
高	安
こう Grade: 2	あん Grade: 3
on'yomi

Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 高安 (Gāo'ān).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ko̞ːã̠ɴ]

Proper noun

高(こう)安(あん) • (Kōan) 

1. A county-level city in Yichun, Jiangxi, China.