Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bunkyō

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bunkyo
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A special ward of Tokyo prefecture, Japan that is surrounded by (clockwise from north) Kita, Arakawa, Taitō, Chiyoda, Shinjuku, and Toshima special wards.

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 文京 (ぶんきょう, Bunkyō).

Origin

Source language: Japanese

Word Breakdown

Root: 文京

Questions

What does bunkyō mean?: A special ward of Tokyo prefecture, Japan that is surrounded by (clockwise from north) Kita, Arakawa, Taitō, Chiyoda, Shinjuku, and Toshima special wards.
Where does bunkyō come from?: It is traced to Japanese.

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