港

Alternative forms
Note that, as in 巷, in Chinese, the bottom is 巳, while in Japanese, the bottom is 己.

Glyph origin
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Etymology 1
Cognate with. The southern dialectal word originally meant "small river/stream", which is still preserved in some Min languages. The irregular pronunciation in Mandarin (expected Mandarin reflex is *jiǎng) originated from southern dialects where velars have not palatalized.

Definitions

 * 1) tributary of a larger river or lake
 * 2)  river
 * 3) port; harbor
 * 4) large airport
 * 5) shorthand for Hong Kong
 * 6)  Hong Kong-styled
 * 1) shorthand for Hong Kong
 * 2)  Hong Kong-styled
 * 1)  Hong Kong-styled
 * 1)  Hong Kong-styled

Usage notes

 *  proscribes the use of the pronunciation.

Etymology
From. Attested in the  of 720. Reconstructed as deriving from.

The traditional etymology that Japanese sources trace back to is a compound of 🇰🇲.
 * However, this does not correlate cleanly with the etymology of, reconstructed as . Then again, there are numerous attested words where  is used as the first and last element in compounds, suggesting either that the derivation of  might differ.

Vovin, on the other hand suggests that the initial mi- was, while -na- meant "water", possibly from. Compare, , ,.
 * However, this may present semantic difficulties, as any native formation like namida that proposes "water" for the initial nam and "eye" for a following component reverses the usual word-formation pattern for Japanese, where the main or head noun comes last. In addition, the na element appears in other words with no relation to "water", as an assimilated apophonic form of genitive particle, seen in terms such as ,.

Noun

 * 1)  a sluice; a section of a river to let water in and out
 * 2)  a port, harbour; a place where boats can unload
 * 3)   a stop
 * 1)  a port, harbour; a place where boats can unload
 * 2)   a stop

Etymology
From.