"江戸" meaning in Japanese

See 江戸 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: [e̞do̞] Forms: 江戸 [canonical] (ruby: (), ()), Edo [romanization]
Etymology: /jedo/ → /edo/ Compound of 江 (e, “cove, inlet”) + 戸 (to, “entrance, gate, door”), likely in reference to the local geography. The to changes to do as an instance of rendaku (連濁). First mentioned in the 吾妻鏡 (Azuma Kagami, “Eastern Mirror”, an historical chronicle), started in 1180 and completed after 1266, in a section dated to 1180. Etymology templates: {{compound|ja|江|戸|sort=えど|t1=cove, inlet|t2=entrance, gate, door|tr1=e|tr2=to}} 江 (e, “cove, inlet”) + 戸 (to, “entrance, gate, door”), {{rendaku2|to|do|sort=えど}} The to changes to do as an instance of rendaku (連濁). Head templates: {{ja-pos|proper|えど}} 江(え)戸(ど) • (Edo)
  1. (historical) Edo, the former name of Tokyo before 1868 Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-江戸-ja-name--e5-clW6
  2. a surname
    Sense id: en-江戸-ja-name-v2O7m9sM Categories (other): Japanese surnames, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Japanese terms with rendaku, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 22 78 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 11 89 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 11 89 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 42 58 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 13 87 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 11 89 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with rendaku: 17 83 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 27 73 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 82
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          "え"
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          "戸",
          "ど"
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Download raw JSONL data for 江戸 meaning in Japanese (2.6kB)

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