永字

Japanese

Kanji in this term
永	字
えい Grade: 5	じ Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

Middle Chinese 永字 (ɦˠwiæŋ^X d͡zɨ^H)

Pronunciation

On’yomi

(Tokyo) えーじ [èéjí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
IPA^(key): [e̞ːʑi]

Noun

永(えい)字(じ) • (eiji)

the character 永 (ei, “eternity”)

Derived terms

永字八法(えいじはっぽう) (eiji happō, “the Eight Principles of Yong”)

References

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

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