年号

See also: 年號

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 年号 – see 年號 (“era name; regnal period; regnal year; etc.”). (This term is the simplified form of 年號).
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
年	号
ねん Grade: 1	ごう Grade: 3
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
年號 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 年號 / 年号 (nen haw^H, literally “year + call”). Compare modern Mandarin reading niánhào, Cantonese nin⁴ hou⁶.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ねんごー [nèńgóꜜò] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [nẽ̞ŋɡo̞ː]

Noun

年(ねん)号(ごう) • (nengō) ^{←ねんがう (nengau)^?}

era name

Usage notes

Nengō are applied to periods from a few years to several decades. Such era names were used in former times in China and many other East Asian nations; now used only in Taiwan and Japan.

Synonyms

元(げん)号(ごう) (gengō)

Derived terms

偽(ぎ)年号(ねんごう) (ginengō)
私(し)年号(ねんごう) (shinengō)
逸(つ)年号(ねんごう) (tsunengō)

References

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

[NHK-1] 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

[DJR-2] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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