Japanese Word Entry
公衆電話| Kana: | こうしゅうでんわ |
| Romaji: | koushuudenwa |
| Definition: | public telephone, pay phone |
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Chinese characters used in this word
| 公 | public, prince, official, governmental, fair, equitable, duke |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄍㄨㄥ (gōng) |
| Cantonese: | gung1 |
| Japanese: | コウ (kou)、 ク (ku) / おおやけ (ooyake)、 きみ (kimi) |
| Korean: | 공 (gong) |
| Vietnamese: | công |
| 衆 | masses, great numbers, multitude, populace, crowd, public |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄓㄨㄥˋ (zhòng), ㄓㄨㄥ (zhōng) |
| Cantonese: | zung3 |
| Japanese: | シュウ (shuu)、 シュ (shu) / おお.い (ooi) |
| Korean: | 중 (jung) |
| Vietnamese: | chúng, trống |
Variants
| Simplified Chinese form: | 众 |
| Semantic variant form: | 眾 |
| 電 | electricity, electric, lightning |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄉㄧㄢˋ (diàn) |
| Cantonese: | din6 |
| Japanese: | デン (den)、 テン (ten) / いなずま (inazuma) |
| Korean: | 전 (jeon) |
| Vietnamese: | điện |
Variants
| Simplified Chinese form: | 电 |
| 話 | tale, talk, speech, language, dialect |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄏㄨㄚˋ (huà) |
| Cantonese: | waa6 |
| Japanese: | ワ (wa)、 カイ (kai) / はな.す (hanasu)、 はなし (hanashi) |
| Korean: | 화 (hwa) |
| Vietnamese: | thoại |
Variants
| Simplified Chinese form: | 话 |