萬葉

See also: 万葉 and 万叶

Chinese

		ten thousand; a great number; surname	leaf; page
trad. (萬葉)		萬	葉
simp. (万叶)		万	叶

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wànyè

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˋ ㄧㄝˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): maan⁶ jip⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wànyè
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˋ ㄧㄝˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wànyè
  - Wade–Giles: wan⁴-yeh⁴
  - Yale: wàn-yè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wannyeh
  - Palladius: ванье (vanʹje)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän⁵¹⁻⁵³ jɛ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: maan⁶ jip⁶
  - Yale: maahn yihp
  - Cantonese Pinyin: maan⁶ jip⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: man⁶ yib⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːn²² jiːp̚²/

Middle Chinese: mjonH yep

Rime
Character	萬	葉
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	元 (66)	葉 (155)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	無販切	與涉切
Baxter	mjonH	yep
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mʉɐn^H/	/jiᴇp̚/
Pan Wuyun	/mʷiɐn^H/	/jiɛp̚/
Shao Rongfen	/miuɐn^H/	/jæp̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/muan^H/	/jiap̚/
Li Rong	/miuɐn^H/	/iɛp̚/
Wang Li	/mĭwɐn^H/	/jĭɛp̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/mi̯wɐn^H/	/i̯ɛp̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wàn	yè
Expected Cantonese Reflex	maan⁶	jip⁶

Noun

萬葉

(literary) ten thousand generations; generation after generation; eternity; forever

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (萬葉):

→ Japanese: 万(まん)葉(よう) (man'yō); 万(まん)葉(にょう) (mannyō)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
萬	葉
まん Jinmeiyō	よう > にょう Grade: 3
kan'yōon	on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 萬葉 – see the following entry.

【万葉まんよう】	[noun] myriads of leaves [noun] (by extension) thousands of years, eternity [proper noun] short for 万葉集 (Man'yōshū): the “Collection of Ten Thousand Leaves”, an anthology of Old Japanese poetry completed c. 759 CE [proper noun] a female given name
【万葉まんにょう】	[noun] (rare) myriads of leaves [noun] (by extension, rare) thousands of years, eternity [proper noun] (rare) short for 万葉集 (Mannyōshū): the “Collection of Ten Thousand Leaves”, an anthology of Old Japanese poetry completed c. 759 CE
【万葉かずは】	[proper noun] a female given name Alternative spellings かずよ, まずは, まは, まや, まよ, まよう, まんは, みつよ
【万葉ばんば】	[proper noun] a surname Alternative spelling まんば

(This term, 萬葉, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)