"八紘" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [ha̠k̚ko̞ː] Forms: 八紘 [canonical] (ruby: (はっ), (こう)), hakkō [romanization], fakkwau [romanization], はっくゎう [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: /patɨkwau/ > /pakkwau/ > /ɸakkwau /> /hakkwau/ > /hakkwoː/ > /hakkoː/. Literally a net that stretches over and connects in eight directions. The eight directions are north, south, east, west, northeast, northwest, southeast, southwest and is a reference to the land as a whole. Head templates: {{ja-noun|はっこう|hhira=はっくゎう}} 八(はっ)紘(こう) • (hakkō) ^(←はっくゎう (fakkwau)?)
  1. the eight corners of the earth
    Sense id: en-八紘-ja-noun-pI~gHUci Categories (other): Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Eight Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 68 32 Disambiguation of Eight: 58 42
  2. the world as a whole
    Sense id: en-八紘-ja-noun-uZ9n2MlP Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 6 94 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 14 86 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 11 89 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 10 90 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 11 89 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 96 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 八紘一宇 (hakkō ichiu) (ruby: 八紘一宇(はっこういちう)) Related terms: 八荒 (hakkō) (ruby: 八荒(はっこう))
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "hakkō ichiu",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "八紘一宇",
          "はっこういちう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "八紘一宇"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "/patɨkwau/ > /pakkwau/ > /ɸakkwau /> /hakkwau/ > /hakkwoː/ > /hakkoː/. Literally a net that stretches over and connects in eight directions. The eight directions are north, south, east, west, northeast, northwest, southeast, southwest and is a reference to the land as a whole.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "八紘",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "八",
          "はっ"
        ],
        [
          "紘",
          "こう"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hakkō",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fakkwau",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "はっくゎう",
      "roman": "fakkwau",
      "tags": [
        "hiragana",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "はっこう",
        "hhira": "はっくゎう"
      },
      "expansion": "八(はっ)紘(こう) • (hakkō) ^(←はっくゎう (fakkwau)?)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "hakkō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "八荒",
          "はっこう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "八荒"
    }
  ],
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        {
          "_dis": "68 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "_dis": "58 42",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ja",
          "name": "Eight",
          "orig": "ja:Eight",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the eight corners of the earth"
      ],
      "id": "en-八紘-ja-noun-pI~gHUci"
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "6 94",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 86",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "_dis": "11 89",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 90",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 89",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 96",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 96",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the world as a whole"
      ],
      "id": "en-八紘-ja-noun-uZ9n2MlP"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ha̠k̚ko̞ː]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "八紘"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese terms historically spelled with くゎ",
    "Japanese terms historically spelled with ゎ",
    "Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with jinmeiyō kanji",
    "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation missing pitch accent",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "ja:Eight"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "hakkō ichiu",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "八紘一宇",
          "はっこういちう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "八紘一宇"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "/patɨkwau/ > /pakkwau/ > /ɸakkwau /> /hakkwau/ > /hakkwoː/ > /hakkoː/. Literally a net that stretches over and connects in eight directions. The eight directions are north, south, east, west, northeast, northwest, southeast, southwest and is a reference to the land as a whole.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "八紘",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "八",
          "はっ"
        ],
        [
          "紘",
          "こう"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hakkō",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fakkwau",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "はっくゎう",
      "roman": "fakkwau",
      "tags": [
        "hiragana",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "はっこう",
        "hhira": "はっくゎう"
      },
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      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "roman": "hakkō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "八荒",
          "はっこう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "八荒"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "the eight corners of the earth"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "the world as a whole"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ha̠k̚ko̞ː]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "八紘"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 八紘 meaning in Japanese (1.8kB)

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