年号

See also: 年號

Chinese
For pronunciation and definitions of 年号 – see 年號 (“era name; regnal period; regnal year; etc.”).
(This term is the simplified form of 年號).
Notes:

Japanese
Kanji in this term
年 号
ねん
Grade: 1		 ごう
Grade: 3
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
年號 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 年號／年号 (nen hawH, literally “year + call”). Compare modern Mandarin reading niánhào, Cantonese nin4 hou6.

Pronunciation

Noun

年(ねん)号(ごう) • (nengō) ←ねんがう (nengau)?

  1. an era name

Usage notes

Nengō are applied to periods from a few years to several decades. Such era names were used in former times in China and many other East Asian nations; now used only in Taiwan and Japan.

Synonyms

References
  1. 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
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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