女帝

Japanese

Kanji in this term
女	帝
じょ Grade: 1	てい Grade: S
kan'on

Kanji in this term
女	帝
にょ Grade: 1	たい Grade: S
goon

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) じょてー [jòtéé] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [d͡ʑo̞te̞ː]

(Tokyo) にょたい [nyòtáí] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [ɲ̟o̞ta̠i]

Noun

女(じょ)帝(てい) or 女(にょ)帝(たい) • (jotei or nyotai) ^{←ぢよてい (dyotei)^?}

an empress regnant, especially a non-East Asian one
(tarot) The Empress

Usage notes

According to Jinnō Shōtōki (神皇正統記) by Kitabatake Chikafusa (北畠親房), 1339, 女帝 is pronounced as によたい (nyotai).

Coordinate terms

皇后(こうごう) (kōgō, “empress consort”)
皇帝(こうてい) (kōtei, “emperor”)
天皇(てんのう) (tennō, “emperor of Japan”)
女王(じょおう) (jōu, “queen”)

See also

タロット (tarotto)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN