大君

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	monarch; lord; gentleman monarch; lord; gentleman; ruler
simp. and trad. (大君)		大	君

大君

Compound of Old Japanese elements 大 (ō, “great, big, large”) +‎ 君 (kimi, “lord, lady”).^[1]^[2]

Sometimes pronounced in modern Japanese as ōgimi.^[1]^[2] The kimi changes to gimi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) おおきみ [òókíꜜmì] (Nakadaka – [3])^[2]^[3]
- (Tokyo) おおきみ [òókímí] (Heiban – [0])^[2]^[3]
- (Tokyo) おおきみ [óꜜòkìmì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[3]
- IPA^(key): [o̞ːkʲimʲi]

大君 (hiragana おおきみ, rōmaji ōkimi, historical hiragana おほきみ)

大君女 (おおきみおんな, ōkimi onna): a princess, a daughter of the emperor
大君気色 (おおきみけしき, ōkimi keshiki): nobility of bearing or behavior, majesty, greatness
大君姿 (おおきみすがた, ōkimi sugata): an imperial appearance, a noble dressing like the emperor
大君だつ (おおきみだつ, ōkimi-datsu): to appear or behave in a manner similar to an imperial grandchild
大君の (おおきみの, ōkimi no): an epithet for Mount Wakakusa in Nara, Japan
大君の風 (おおきみのかぜ, ōkimi no kaze): a pleasant breeze as if in praise of a lord
正親正 (おおきみのかみ, ōkimi no kami): a rank in the old Ritsuryō system of ancient Japan, and the superior to an ōkimi no tsukasa
正親司 (おおきみのつかさ, ōkimi no tsukasa): a rank in the old Ritsuryō system of ancient Japan

Compound of Old Japanese elements 大 (ōi, “great, big, large”) +‎ 君 (kimi).^[1]^[2] The kimi changes to gimi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

大君 (hiragana おおいぎみ, rōmaji ōigimi, historical hiragana おほいぎみ)

From Middle Chinese compound 大君 (dajH kjun, “great lord”). Compare modern Mandarin 大君 (dàjūn, “emperor, lord; god, divinity; eldest son”).

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) たいくん [táꜜìkùǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])^[2]
- IPA^(key): [ta̠ikɯ̟̃ᵝɴ]

大君 (hiragana たいくん, rōmaji taikun)

(honorific) a lord
(honorific) an imperial prince
during the Edo period, an alternative title for the 将軍 (shōgun) of the Tokugawa government, used in communications with other countries
in ancient China, a title given to a royal heir

1 2 3 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
1 2 3 4 5 6 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1 2 3 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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