平城

平城

1. (～市) Pyongsong (a city in South Pyongan Province, North Korea)
2. (～縣) (historical) Pingcheng County (a county during the Han and Northern Wei dynasties, located around modern-day Datong, Shanxi, China)

From 平 (hira, “something flat or flattened”) +‎ 城 (shiro, “castle, fortress”).

The shiro changes to jiro as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

• (Tokyo) ひらじろ [hìrájíró] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [çiɾa̠ʑiɾo̞]

平(ひら)城(じろ) • (hirajiro) 

1. a castle built on level ground or flatland

• 山(やま)城(しろ) (yamashiro)

From 平 (hira, “something flat or flattened”) +‎ 城 (jō, “castle, fortress”, on-reading of shiro).

• (Tokyo) ひらじょー [hìrájóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [çiɾa̠ʑo̞ː]

平(ひら)城(じょう) • (hirajō) ^{←ひらじやう (firazyau)?}

1. a castle built on level ground or flatland

• 山(さん)城(じょう) (sanjō)

/pei d͡ʑʲau/ → /ɸeid͡ʑɔː/ → /heːd͡ʑoː/

From Middle Chinese 平城 (MC bjaeng dzyeng).

The short form senses are from the on-reading of the alternative spelling of 奈良 (Nara) below.

平(へい)城(じょう) • (Heijō) ^{←へいじやう (Feizyau)?}

1. (historical) Pingcheng County during the Han and Northern Wei dynasties of ancient China, now part of Datong, Shanxi Province
2. short for 平城京 (Heijō-kyō): the capital of ancient Japan during most of the Nara period
3. short for 平城宮 (Heijō-kyū): the imperial palace on the north end of Heijō-kyō

• 大(だい)同(どう) (Daidō)

平(へい)城(じょう) • (heijō) ^{←へいじやう (feizyau)?}

1. (rare) a castle built on level ground or flatland

• 平城(なら)坂(ざか) (Narazaka)