"年号" meaning in Japanese

See 年号 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [nẽ̞ŋɡo̞ː] Forms: 年号 [canonical] (ruby: (ねん), (ごう)), nengō [romanization], nengau [romanization], ねんがう [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese compound 年號/年号 (nen hawᴴ, literally “year + call”). Compare modern Mandarin reading niánhào, Cantonese nin⁴ hou⁶. Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|-|sort=ねんごう}} Middle Chinese, {{m|zh|年號|lit=year + call|tr=nen hawᴴ}} 年號/年号 (nen hawᴴ, literally “year + call”), {{cog|cmn|-}} Mandarin, {{cog|yue|-}} Cantonese Head templates: {{ja-noun|ねんごう|hhira=ねんがう}} 年(ねん)号(ごう) • (nengō) ^(←ねんがう (nengau)?)
  1. an era name Wikipedia link: Chinese era name, Japanese era name, ja:年号 Synonyms: 元号 (gengō) (ruby: (げん), (ごう))

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for 年号 meaning in Japanese (2.5kB)

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