平成

U+337B, ㍻
SQUARE ERA NAME HEISEI

[U+337A]
CJK Compatibility
[U+337C]

Chinese

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Pronunciation

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Verb

平成

  1. (literary) to plan everything well

Etymology 2

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

Pronunciation


Proper noun

平成

  1. Heisei era of Japanese history

Japanese

Kanji in this term
へい
Grade: 3
せい
Grade: 4
kan’on

Alternative forms

Etymology

Literally "becoming peaceful" or "peace everywhere". Based on two Literary Chinese passages, one from 史記 (Shiki, the Records of the Grand Historian) and the other from 書経 (Shokyō, the Book of Documents):

[Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]
From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE
nèi píng wài chéng [Pinyin]
Internal peace, external accomplishment;
in Japanese, 平らかにして成る (uchi tairaka ni shite soto naru), and
[Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]
From: The Book of Documents, circa 7th – 4th centuries BCE
píng tiān chéng [Pinyin]
The earth has been rendered peaceful, and the (influence of) heaven has become complete.
in Japanese, 平らかにして成る (chi tairaka ni shite ten naru)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ーせー [hèéséé] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [he̞ːse̞ː]

Proper noun

(へい)(せい) • (Heisei) 

  1. the Heisei period (Japanese era that began on 8 January 1989 and ended on 30 April 2019)
    平成(へいせい)元年(がんねん)
    Heisei gannen
    the first year of Heisei (1989 in the Gregorian calendar)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: Heisei
  • Chinese:
    • Mandarin: Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
  • Korean: 헤이세이 (Heisei)
  • Vietnamese: Heisei, Bình Thành

See also

References

  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Proper noun

平成

  1. chữ Hán form of Bình Thành (Heisei era of Japanese history).
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