明治

㍾	U+337E, ㍾ SQUARE ERA NAME MEIZI

← ㍽
[U+337D]

CJK Compatibility

㍿ →
[U+337F]

Chinese

		clear; bright; to understand clear; bright; to understand; next; the Ming dynasty	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. (明治)		明	治

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Míngzhì

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄓˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ming⁴ zi⁶
Min Nan (POJ): Bêng-tī

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Pinyin: Míngzhì
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄓˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Mingjyh
  - IPA ^(key): /miŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    明智
    明治
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
  - Jyutping: ming⁴ zi⁶
  - Yale: mìhng jih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ming⁴ dzi⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: ming⁴ ji⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /mɪŋ²¹ t͡siː²²/
  - Homophones:
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    ^edit
    名字
    明治
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bêng-tī
  - Tâi-lô: Bîng-tī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bengdi
  - IPA (Xiamen): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² ti²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² ti⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /biɪŋ¹³⁻²² ti²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ti³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɪŋ²³⁻³³ ti³³/

Proper noun

明治

Meiji era of Japanese history

明治憲法 / 明治宪法 ― míngzhì xiànfǎ ― the Meiji Constitution

Japanese

Etymology 1

Literally "enlightened rule".

Kanji in this term
明	治
めい Grade: 2	じ Grade: 4
on’yomi

Alternative forms

㍾ (Meiji era)

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) めーじ [méꜜèjì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
- IPA^(key): [me̞ːʑi]

Proper noun

明治 (hiragana めいじ, rōmaji Meiji, historical hiragana めいぢ)

(historical) The Meiji era: the Japanese era beginning in 1868 and ending in 1912.
明 (めい)治 (じ)二 (に)年 (ねん)
Meiji ni nen
the second year of Meiji (1869 in the Gregorian calendar)

See also

慶 (けい)応 (おう) (Keiō): the Keiō era, the era preceding the Meiji era
大正 (たいしょう) (Taishō): the Taishō era, the era following the Meiji era

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
明	治
あき Grade: 2	はる Grade: 4
kun’yomi

Proper noun

明治 (hiragana あきはる, rōmaji Akiharu)

A male given name

References

↑ 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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