常盤

Japanese

Kanji in this term
常	盤
とこ > とき Grade: 5	いわ > わ Grade: S
kun'yomi

Etymology

⟨to₂ko₂ ipa⟩ → ⟨to₂ki₁pa⟩ → */təkʲipa/ → /tokifa/ → /tokiwa/

From Old Japanese.

Shift from a compound of 常 (toko, “unchanging”) +‎ 岩 (iwa, “rock”).^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ときわ [tòkíwá] (Heiban – [0])^[2]
IPA^(key): [to̞kʲiβ̞a̠]

Noun

常(とき)盤(わ) • (tokiwa) ^{←ときは (tokifa)^?}

alternative spelling of 常磐 (tokiwa): a rock that does not change over time; eternity; an evergreen tree

Adjective

常(とき)盤(わ) • (tokiwa) ^{←ときは (tokifa)^?}^†-nari

alternative spelling of 常磐 (tokiwa): eternal, unchanging; evergreen

Proper noun

常(とき)盤(わ) • (Tokiwa) ^{←ときは (Tokifa)^?}

short for 常盤御前 (Tokiwa Gozen): the mother of Minamoto no Yoshitsune
a place name, especially in Ukyō Ward, Kyoto
a surname
a female given name

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN