Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kazuo

/kˌɑzˈuoʊ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.57 in modern English

Syllables: Ka-zuo
IPA: /kˌɑzˈuoʊ/

18

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A male given name from Japanese.

name

Synonym of Harqin: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.

Example Sentences

"Several fragments of reddish-brown clay statuettes of the Hongshan culture, found at Dongshanzui [translating 東山嘴 /东山嘴] in Kazuo county, Liaoning province and dating to 3500 B.C., all seem to be kneeling or seated figures of about half life-size or smaller."
"She plans to expand further if she can find the money for an orphanage on the Gansu-Ningxia border and two more homes for the children of convicts, one in Kazuo county, an ethnic Mongolian area in Liaoning province, and another in Ningxia for Muslim children. 'In these regions, people are poor and the crime rates are higher.'"

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 喀左.

Word Breakdown

Root: -

Synonyms

Harqin

Rhymes With

duo kuo yasuo matsuo haruo

Questions

How do you pronounce kazuo?: The recorded pronunciation is /kˌɑzˈuoʊ/.
What does kazuo mean?: A male given name from Japanese.
Where does kazuo come from?: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 喀左.

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