東京

See also: 东京

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)

Proper noun

東京

  1. (～都) Tokyo (a prefecture, the capital city of Japan)
  2. Old name for 開封／开封 (Kāifēng).
  3. Old name for 河內／河内 (Hénèi).
  4. (history) Tonkin

Derived terms

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (東京):
  • → Japanese: Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Noun

東京

  1. (historical) the eastern capital (in situations where dual capitals existed)

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (東京):
  • → Japanese: Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
  • → Vietnamese: Đông Kinh (Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value))

Japanese

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
東 京
とう
Grade: 2		 きょう
Grade: 2
kan’on goon

/tou kʲau/ → /toːkʲɔː/ → /toːkʲoː/

Compound of Middle Chinese-derived elements 東 (tō, “east, eastern”) +‎ 京 (kyō, “capital”).

The city of Tokyo was renamed from 江戸 (Edo) in 1868 after Emperor Meiji moved the capital from Kyoto.

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) とーきょー [tòókyóó] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [to̞ːkʲo̞ː]
  • Audio(file)

Proper noun

東(とう)京(きょう) • (Tōkyō) ←とうきやう (toukyau)?

  1. Tokyo (a prefecture, the capital city of Japan, consisting of 23 special wards)
    昨日(きのう)、東(とう)京(きょう)は曇(くも)りでしたか。
    Kinō, Tōkyō wa kumori deshita ka.
    Was it cloudy in Tokyo yesterday?
  2. Short for 東京都 (Tōkyō-to): the capital prefecture of Japan
  3. Short for 東京駅 (Tōkyō-eki): Tokyo Station
  4. (historical) Short for 東京府 (Tōkyō-fu): the historical Tokyo Prefecture from 1868–1943
  5. a surname
Derived terms
Derived terms
  • 東(とう)京(きょう)駅(えき) (Tōkyō-eki)
  • 東(とう)京(きょう)音(おん)頭(ど) (Tōkyō Ondo)
  • 東(とう)京(ぎょう)錦(き) (tōgyōki)
  • 東(とう)京(きょう)銀(ぎん)行(こう) (Tōkyō Ginkō)
  • 東(とう)京(きょう)圏(けん) (Tōkyō-ken)
  • 東(とう)京(きょう)語(ご) (Tōkyō-go)
  • 東(とう)京(きょう)港(こう) (Tōkyō-kō)
  • 東(とう)京(きょう)言(こと)葉(ば) (Tōkyō kotoba)
  • 東(とう)京(きょう)五(ご)輪(りん) (Tōkyō Gorin)
  • 東(とう)京(きょう)裁(さい)判(ばん) (Tōkyō Saiban)
  • 東(とう)京(きょう)式(しき)アクセント (Tōkyō-shiki akusento)
  • 東(とう)京(きょう)証(しょう)券(けん)取(とり)引(ひき)所(じょ) (Tōkyō Shōken Torihikijo)
  • 東(とう)京(きょう)人(じん) (Tōkyō-jin)
  • 東(とう)京(きょう)スカイツリー (Tōkyō Sukaitsurī)
  • 東(トウ)京(キョウ)達磨(ダルマ)蛙(ガエル) (Tōkyō darumagaeru)
  • 東(とう)京(きょう)タワー (Tōkyō Tawā)
  • 東(とう)京(きょう)天(てん)文(もん)台(だい) (Tōkyō Tenmondai)
  • 東(とう)京(きょう)都(と) (Tōkyō-to)
  • 東(とう)京(ぎょう)の茵(しとね) (tōgyō no shitone)
  • 東(とう)京(きょう)府(ふ) (Tōkyō-fu)
  • 東(とう)京(きょう)弁(べん) (Tōkyō-ben)
  • 東(トウ)京(キョウ)帆(ホ)立(タテ)貝(ガイ) (Tōkyō hotategai)
  • 東(とう)京(きょう)者(もの) (Tōkyō-mono)
  • 東(とう)京湾(きょうわん) (Tōkyō-wan)
  • 西(にし)東(とう)京(きょう) (Nishitōkyō)
Descendants
Descendants
See also

Noun

東(とう)京(きょう) • (tōkyō) ←とうきやう (toukyau)?

  1. (historical) an eastern capital
    • 1603-1604, Nippo Jisho, page 663:
      [1]
      Tôqiǒ. トゥキャゥ (東京) Figaxino miyaco. (東の都) 東の地方の都 (Miaco).
      Tokio: East[ern] city; a [capital] city on the eastern region (Meaco).
Coordinate terms

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
東 京
とう
Grade: 2		 けい
Grade: 2
kan’on

From Middle Chinese 東京 (MC tuwng kjaeng).

The alternate pronunciation for Tokyo appears to be prevalent in the early- to mid-Meiji period.

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) とーけー [tòókéé] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [to̞ːke̞ː]

Proper noun

東(とう)京(けい) • (Tōkei) 

  1. (historical) the capital of 東漢 (Tōkan, “Eastern Han”) or 後漢 (Gokan, “Later Han”), corresponds to modern Luoyang
  2. (historical) the capital of 北宋 (Hokusō, “Northern Song”), corresponds to modern Kaifeng
  3. (historical) the eastern capital of the Jurchen Jin dynasty, corresponds to modern Liaoyang
  4. (historical) the capital of Yongwon province in Balhae during the Tang dynasty
  5. (historical) Dated spelling of とうきょう (Tōkyō) above
Derived terms

Etymology 3
Kanji in this term
東 京
とん
Grade: 2		 きん
Grade: 2
sōon tōon

Borrowing from Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), a historical name for Hanoi. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ト​ンキン [tóꜜǹkìǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA(key): [tõ̞ŋʲkʲĩɴ]

Proper noun

東京(トンキン) • (Tonkin) 

  1. (historical) Tonkin (northern region of Vietnam)
Derived terms
  • 東(トン)京(キン)錦(にしき) (Tonkin nishiki)

References
  1. Doi, Tadao (1603–1604) Hōyaku Nippo Jisho (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, published 1980, →ISBN.

Korean
Hanja in this term
東京

Proper noun

東京 • (Donggyeong) (hangeul 동경)

  1. Hanja form? of 동경 (“alternative name of Tokyo”).

Okinawan
Kanji in this term
東 京
とー
Grade: 2		 ちょー
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (Shuri-Naha) と​ーちょー [tóꜜòchòò] (Kakō - [1])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [toːt͡ɕoː]

Proper noun

東(とー)京(ちょー) (Tōchō) 

  1. Tokyo (a prefecture, the capital city of Japan, consisting of 23 special wards)
    東京(とーちょー)んかい行(い)ち欲(ぶ)さん。
    Tōchō-nkai ichibusan.
    (I) want to go to Tokyo.

References
  1. “トーチョー” in Okinawa Center of Language Study, Shuri-Naha Dialect Dictionary (archived; reopens 2024).(permanent dead link)
  2. 沖縄語辞典 (Okinawago Jiten, “Okinawan Dictionary”)‎, 1963

Vietnamese
chữ Hán Nôm in this term
東京

Proper noun

東京

  1. chữ Hán form of Đông Kinh (“former name of Hanoi, Tonkin; Tokyo”).
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