日立

日立

1. Hitachi, a Japanese company
2. (～市) Hitachi, a city in Ibaraki prefecture, Japan

Noun stem of verb 日立つ (hidatsu), itself a compound of 日 (hi, “sun, day”) +‎ 立つ (tatsu, “stand; pass (as in time); depart, go away”). The tatsu changes to datsu as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Possible cognate with Korean 해돋이 (haedoji, “sunrise”), a compound of 해 (hae, “sun”) +‎ 돋다 (dotda, “rise; grow”).

Sometimes spelled 肥立, replacing 日 (hi, “day”, kun'yomi) with 肥 (hi, “manure”, on'yomi).

• 日立ち, 肥立ち, 肥立

• Kun'yomi
• IPA^(key): [çida̠t͡ɕi]

日立(ひだち) • (hidachi) 

1. growth as the days pass
2. physical recovery day by day from an illness or after childbirth

The alternate forms 肥立ち and 肥立 are generally reserved for the latter sense of physical recovery, possibly from the sense of "manure going away" leading to "feeling better".

The name of various places, titles, and companies in Japan.

• Kun'yomi
• IPA^(key): [çita̠t͡ɕi]

日立(ひたち) • (Hitachi) 

1. Hitachi, a Japanese company
2. Hitachi, a city in Ibaraki prefecture
3. Hitachi Province, a former region in Japan, roughly equivalent to modern-day Ibaraki prefecture
4. an imperial title, granted to Prince Hitachi and Princess Hitachi