今上天皇

Japanese
Kanji in this term
今 上 天 皇
きん
Grade: 2		 しょう > じょう
Grade: 1		 てん
Grade: 1		 おう > のう
Grade: 6
kan’on goon

Etymology

今上(きんじょう) (kinjō) + 天皇(てんのう) (tennō). The former part is borrowed from Middle Chinese 今上 (MC kˠiɪm d͡ʑɨɐŋX).

The shō changes to jō as an instance of rendaku (連濁); also read kinshō without rendaku in older texts.

Pronunciation
  • On’yomi
    • (Tokyo) きんじょーてんの​ー [kìńjóó téńnóꜜò] (Nakadaka – [7])[1]
    • IPA(key): [kʲĩɲ̟d͡ʑo̞ː tẽ̞nːo̞ː]

Noun

今(きん)上(じょう)天(てん)皇(のう) • (Kinjō Tennō) ←きんじやうてんわう (kinzyautenwau)?

  1. (honorific) the Reigning Emperor: standard term of address to the present Emperor of Japan
    Synonyms: 今皇 (ima suberagi), 今上 (kinjō, konjō)

See also

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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