江戸

Japanese

江戸 (Edo): Map of Edo from the 1840s.

Kanji in this term
江	戸
え Grade: S	と > ど Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 江 (e, “cove, inlet”) +‎ 戸 (to, “entrance, gate, door”). The to changes to do as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- IPA^(key): [e̞do̞]

Proper noun

江戸 (hiragana えど, rōmaji Edo)

Edo, the former name of Tokyo
The city was renamed from Edo to Tōkyō in 1868.
A surname.

Descendants

Russian: Э́до m (Édo)

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