"福井" meaning in Japanese

See 福井 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: [ɸɯ̟kɯ̟i] Forms: 福井 [canonical] (ruby: 福(ふく), 井(い)), Fukui [romanization], Fukwi [romanization], ふくゐ [hiragana, historical]
Head templates: {{ja-pos|proper|ふくい|hhira=ふくゐ}} 福(ふく)井(い) • (Fukui) ^(←ふくゐ (Fukwi)?)
  1. Fukui (the capital city of Fukui Prefecture, Japan) Categories (place): Cities in Fukui Prefecture, Japan, Cities in Japan, Places in Fukui Prefecture, Japan, Places in Japan
    Sense id: en-福井-ja-name-IwJun2kF Categories (other): Prefectural capitals of Japan, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 18 25 25 14 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 25 25 14 18 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 40 28 32 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 50 24 26 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 50 24 26 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 41 24 35 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 50 24 26
  2. Fukui (a prefecture on the north coast of Honshu, Japan) Categories (place): Places in Japan, Prefectures of Japan
    Sense id: en-福井-ja-name-VKkqVkO7 Categories (other): Fukui Prefecture, Japan, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese terms with 2 kanji Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 18 25 25 14 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 25 25 14 18 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 40 28 32 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 41 24 35
  3. a surname
    Sense id: en-福井-ja-name-v2O7m9sM Categories (other): Japanese surnames, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese terms with 2 kanji Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 18 25 25 14 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 25 25 14 18 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 40 28 32 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 41 24 35
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 福井県 (Fukui-ken) (ruby: 福井県(ふくいけん)), 福井市 (Fukui-shi) (ruby: 福井市(ふくいし)), 福井藩 (Fukui-han) (ruby: 福井藩(ふくいはん)) 
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Download raw JSONL data for 福井 meaning in Japanese (2.2kB)

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