対馬

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対馬

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Kanji in this term
対	馬
つし Grade: 3	ま Grade: 2
nanori	kan'yōon

Alternative spelling
對馬 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Pulleyblank (1962: part II, p218) proposes that the character 對／对 once ended in -s during the Old Chinese period, and that this is responsible for the usage of 對／对 in the placename.”

The kanji were transliterated into Old Chinese by Chen Shou in Wajinden(original text here):

始度一海，千餘里至對馬國。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

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始度一海，千余里至对马国。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

Shǐ dù yī hǎi, qiān yú lǐ zhì Duìmǎ guó. [Pinyin]

After crossing a sea for the first time, one arrives at Tsushima Province in more than 1,000 li.(Wiktionary translation)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) つしま [tsúꜜshìmà] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [t͡sɨɕima̠]

Proper noun

対(つし)馬(ま) • (Tsushima) 

1. Tsushima (an island in Japan)
2. a surname