弘治

Chinese

		great; liberal	to rule; to govern; to manage to rule; to govern; to manage; to control; to harness (a river); cure; treatment; to heal
simp. and trad. (弘治)		弘	治

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Hóngzhì

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄓˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wang⁴ zi⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Hóngzhì
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄓˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Hóngjhìh
  - Wade–Giles: Hung²-chih⁴
  - Yale: Húng-jr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Horngjyh
  - Palladius: Хунчжи (Xunčži)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xʊŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wang⁴ zi⁶
  - Yale: wàhng jih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wang⁴ dzi⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: weng⁴ ji⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐŋ²¹ t͡siː²²/

Proper noun

弘治 (historical)

(～帝) the Hongzhi Emperor (the tenth emperor of the Ming dynasty)
the Hongzhi era (a Chinese era name; the era of that emperor's reign, from 1488 to 1505)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
弘	治
こう Jinmeiyō	じ Grade: 4
on'yomi

Proper noun

弘(こう)治(じ) • (Kōji)

the Kōji era, 1555-1558

Usage notes

Not to be confused with 康治(こうじ) (Kōji), the Kōji era 1142-1144

See also

天文(てんぶん) (Tenbun) (era preceding Kōji)
永禄(えいろく) (Eiroku) (era following Kōji)