立冬

Chinese

establish winter
simp. and trad.
(立冬)
Literally: “establishment of winter”.

Pronunciation


Proper noun

立冬

  1. The first day of winter (one of the solar terms, around the 7th of November)

Synonyms

  • (Northern Min, Puxian Min, dialectal Wu) 交冬

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (立冬):
  • Japanese: 立冬(りっとう) (rittō)
  • Korean: 립동(立冬) (ripdong), 입동(立冬) (ipdong)

See also

Japanese

Kanji in this term
りつ > りっ
Grade: 1
とう
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Proper noun

(りっ)(とう) • (Rittō

  1. The first day of winter (one of the solar terms)

See also

References

  1. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ 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
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 立冬”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Proper noun

立冬

  1. chữ Hán form of Lập đông (The first day of winter (one of the solar terms))