唐名

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
から
Grade: S

Grade: 1
kun’yomi
Examples (Japanese government post → Chinese counterpart)

From (Kara, (Tang-dynasty) China) + (na, name).[1][2][3]

Cited in the Genpei Jōsuiki of the early 1300s.[1]

This reading may be obsolete. Not included in some dictionaries.[4][5]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ka̠ɾa̠na̠]

Noun

(から)() • (karana) 

  1. a name used in China
    Antonym: 大和名 (yamatona)
  2. (politics, historical) the Chinese equivalent of certain Japanese government posts
  3. (by extension) an alias, pseudonym
    Synonyms: 渾名 (adana), 異名 (imyō), 別名 (betsumei)
Proverbs
  • (けっ)(こう)()(ほう)(から)() (kekkō wa ahō no karana)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
とう
Grade: S
みょう
Grade: 1
kan’on goon

From (, Tang-dynasty China) + (myō, name, goon reading).

Cited in the 職原鈔 (Shokugen Shō) of 1340.[1]

May be the more common reading. Included in more dictionaries.[4]

Pronunciation

Noun

(とう)(みょう) • (tōmyō) たうみやう (taumyau)?

  1. (politics, historical) the Chinese equivalent of certain Japanese government posts

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
とう
Grade: S
めい
Grade: 1
kan’on

From (, Tang-dynasty China) + (mei, name, kan'on reading).

Pronunciation

Noun

(とう)(めい) • (tōmei) たうめい (taumei)?

  1. (politics, historical) the Chinese equivalent of certain Japanese government posts

References

  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  4. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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