茨城

Cíchéng

proper noun #95,158

Meanings

1 Ibaraki, prefecture of Japan northeast of Tokyo

Characters

Examples

HSK 2

茨城离东京不远。

Cíchéng lí Dōngjīng bù yuǎn.

Ibaraki is not far from Tokyo.

HSK 7-9

茨城的水户以纳豆出名。

Cíchéng de Shuǐhù yǐ nàdòu chūmíng.

Mito in Ibaraki is famous for natto.

Tips

usage

Chinese reads Japanese place names by their characters in Mandarin, so Ibaraki is 茨城, as Tokyo is 东京. 茨 means "thorny shrub", and the full name of the prefecture is 茨城县.

Stroke Order

茨 cí

城 chéng