大正

U+337D, ㍽
SQUARE ERA NAME TAISYOU

[U+337C]
CJK Compatibility
[U+337E]

Chinese

 
big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
 
just (right); main; upright; straight; correct; principle; Chinese 1st month of year
simp. and trad.
(大正)
anagram 正大

Pronunciation 1


Adjective

大正

  1. (literary) just; fair and honest

Noun

大正

  1. (historical) name of an ancient official title

Proper noun

大正

  1. Taishō
  2. (literary) Alternative name for 太白星 (Tàibáixīng, “Venus”).

Pronunciation 2


Verb

大正

  1. (archaic) to send a punitive expedition

Japanese

Kanji in this term
たい
Grade: 1
しょう
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Proper noun

大正 (hiragana たいしょう, rōmaji Taishō)

  1. the Taishō era; the Japanese era beginning in 1912 and ending in 1926.

See also

References

  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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