"英" meaning in Japanese

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Affix

IPA: [e̞ː] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (えい)), ei [romanization]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese 英 (MC 'jaeng). The kan'on pronunciation, so likely a later borrowing. Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|-|sort=えい}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|英}} 英 (MC 'jaeng) Head templates: {{ja-pos|affix|えい}} 英(えい) • (ei)
  1. Short for 英吉利 (Igirisu, “United Kingdom”). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: 英吉利 (extra: Igirisu, “United Kingdom”)
    Sense id: en-英-ja-affix-iu~SuElb Categories (other): Japanese affixes, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese affixes: 20 17 7 7 17 13 0 20 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 26 30 4 2 8 4 0 26 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 28 27 4 3 7 4 0 28 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 28 27 4 2 8 3 0 28 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 28 28 4 2 8 4 0 28
  2. Short for 英語 (eigo, “English (language)”). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: 英語 (extra: (eigo, “English (language)”))
    Sense id: en-英-ja-affix-Jffwp22G Categories (other): Japanese affixes, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese affixes: 20 17 7 7 17 13 0 20 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 27 35 3 2 5 3 0 27 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 26 30 4 2 8 4 0 26 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 28 27 4 3 7 4 0 28 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 28 27 4 2 8 3 0 28 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 28 28 4 2 8 4 0 28
  3. outstanding; outstanding person
    Sense id: en-英-ja-affix-iAvQe~Qa
  4. flower; calyx
    Sense id: en-英-ja-affix-gGXGvZKH
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 英気 (eiki) (ruby: (えい), ()), 英語 (eigo) (ruby: (えい), ()), 英国 (eikoku) (ruby: (えい), (こく)), 英和 (eiwa) (ruby: (えい), ()), 英断 (eidan) (ruby: (えい), (だん)), 英知 (eichi) (ruby: (えい), ()), 英智 (Eichi) (ruby: (えい), ()), 英文 (eibun) (ruby: (えい), (ぶん)), 英雄 (eiyū) (ruby: (えい), (ゆう)), 英里 (eiri) (ruby: (えい), ()), 英霊 (eirei) (ruby: (えい), (れい)), 石英 (sekiei) (ruby: (せき), (えい))

Character

  1. English Tags: grade-4-kanji, kanji
    Sense id: en-英-ja-character-uhGL9~yc Categories (other): Grade 4 kanji, Japanese affixes, Japanese terms with redundant transliterations Disambiguation of Grade 4 kanji: 59 19 21 Disambiguation of Japanese affixes: 20 17 7 7 17 13 0 20 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant transliterations: 68 32 0
  2. flower, petal Tags: grade-4-kanji, kanji
    Sense id: en-英-ja-character-PFnq0xE8 Categories (other): Japanese affixes Disambiguation of Japanese affixes: 20 17 7 7 17 13 0 20
  3. hero Tags: grade-4-kanji, kanji
    Sense id: en-英-ja-character-rmx50Q8f

Proper name

IPA: [e̞ː] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (えい)), Ei [romanization]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese 英 (MC 'jaeng). The kan'on pronunciation, so likely a later borrowing. Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|-|sort=えい}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|英}} 英 (MC 'jaeng) Head templates: {{ja-pos|proper|えい}} 英(えい) • (Ei)
  1. Short for 英吉利 (Igirisu, “United Kingdom”). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: 英吉利 (extra: Igirisu, “United Kingdom”)
    Sense id: en-英-ja-name-iu~SuElb Categories (other): Japanese affixes, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese affixes: 20 17 7 7 17 13 0 20 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 26 30 4 2 8 4 0 26 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 28 27 4 3 7 4 0 28 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 28 27 4 2 8 3 0 28 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 28 28 4 2 8 4 0 28

Download JSON data for 英 meaning in Japanese (7.8kB)

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  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "えー"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[e̞ː]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "英"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Japanese affixes",
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese proper nouns",
    "Japanese single-kanji terms",
    "Japanese terms derived from Middle Chinese",
    "Japanese terms spelled with fourth grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with 英",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms written with one Han script character"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "eiki",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "英",
          "えい"
        ],
        [
          "気",
          "き"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "英気"
    },
    {
      "roman": "eigo",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "英",
          "えい"
        ],
        [
          "語",
          "ご"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "英語"
    },
    {
      "roman": "eikoku",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "英",
          "えい"
        ],
        [
          "国",
          "こく"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "英国"
    },
    {
      "roman": "eiwa",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "英",
          "えい"
        ],
        [
          "和",
          "わ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "英和"
    },
    {
      "roman": "eidan",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "英",
          "えい"
        ],
        [
          "断",
          "だん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "英断"
    },
    {
      "roman": "eichi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "英",
          "えい"
        ],
        [
          "知",
          "ち"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "英知"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Eichi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "英",
          "えい"
        ],
        [
          "智",
          "ち"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "英智"
    },
    {
      "roman": "eibun",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "英",
          "えい"
        ],
        [
          "文",
          "ぶん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "英文"
    },
    {
      "roman": "eiyū",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "英",
          "えい"
        ],
        [
          "雄",
          "ゆう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "英雄"
    },
    {
      "roman": "eiri",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "英",
          "えい"
        ],
        [
          "里",
          "り"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "英里"
    },
    {
      "roman": "eirei",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "英",
          "えい"
        ],
        [
          "霊",
          "れい"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "英霊"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sekiei",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "石",
          "せき"
        ],
        [
          "英",
          "えい"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "石英"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "ltc",
        "3": "-",
        "sort": "えい"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Chinese",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "英"
      },
      "expansion": "英 (MC 'jaeng)",
      "name": "ltc-l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Chinese 英 (MC 'jaeng).\nThe kan'on pronunciation, so likely a later borrowing.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "英",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "英",
          "えい"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ei",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "affix",
        "2": "えい"
      },
      "expansion": "英(えい) • (ei)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "affix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "Igirisu, “United Kingdom”",
          "word": "英吉利"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Japanese short forms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Short for 英吉利 (Igirisu, “United Kingdom”)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "英吉利",
          "英吉利#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "United Kingdom",
          "United Kingdom"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "(eigo, “English (language)”)",
          "word": "英語"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Japanese short forms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Short for 英語 (eigo, “English (language)”)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "英語",
          "英語#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "English",
          "English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "outstanding; outstanding person"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "outstanding",
          "outstanding"
        ],
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "flower; calyx"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "flower",
          "flower"
        ],
        [
          "calyx",
          "calyx"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "えー"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[e̞ː]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "英"
}
{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "英"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "proper noun",
  "title": "英",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "英"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "affix",
  "title": "英",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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