常磐

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
常	磐
とこ > とき Grade: 5	いわ > わ Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Alternative spellings
常盤 常葉 (“evergreen” sense)

⟨to₂ko₂ ipa⟩ → ⟨to₂ki₁pa⟩ → */təkʲipa/ → /tokifa/ → /tokiwa/

From Old Japanese.

Shift from a compound of 常 (toko, “unchanging”) +‎ 岩 (iwa, “rock”).

The evergreen sense is ateji for 常葉 (tokiwa, tokoha, literally “eternal + leaves”).

Alternative forms

• 常盤

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ときわ [tòkíwá] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [to̞kʲiɰᵝa̠]

Noun

常(とき)磐(わ) • (tokiwa) ^{←ときは (tokifa)?}

1. (literal) a rock that does not change over time
2. (figurative) eternity
3. 常葉: an evergreen tree

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 常磐(トキワ)木通(アケビ) (tokiwa akebi)
• 常磐(ときわ)色(いろ) (tokiwa-iro)
• 常磐(トキワ)楓(カエデ) (tokiwa kaede)
• 常磐(トキワ)柿(ガキ) (tokiwa-gaki)
• 常磐(ときわ)堅磐(かきわ)に (tokiwa kakiwa ni)
• 常磐(ときわ)木(ぎ) (tokiwagi)
• 常磐(トキワ)御(ギョ)柳(リュウ) (tokiwa gyoryū)
• 常磐(トキワ)草(グサ) (tokiwa-gusa)
• 常磐(トキワ)山(サン)樝子(ザシ) (tokiwa sanzashi)
• 常磐(トキワ)黄櫨(ハゼ) (tokiwa haze)
• 常磐(トキワ)満作(マンサク) (tokiwa mansaku)

Adjective

常(とき)磐(わ) • (tokiwa) ^{←ときは (tokifa)?†}-nari

1. (archaic) eternal, unchanging
2. (archaic) evergreen

Proper noun

常(とき)磐(わ) • (Tokiwa) ^{←ときは (tokifa)?}

1. a place name
2. a surname
3. a female given name

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 常磐(ときわ)公園(こうえん) (Tokiwa Kōen)
• 常磐(ときわ)神社(じんじゃ) (Tokiwa Jinja)
• 常磐(ときわ)津(ず) (Tokiwazu)
• 常磐(ときわ)津(ず)節(ぶし) (Tokiwazu-bushi)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
常	磐
じょう Grade: 5	ばん Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

/d͡ʑauban/ → /d͡ʑɔːban/ → /d͡ʑoːban/

From the first kanji of the names of the provinces: the 常 (jō) of 常陸 (Hitachi), and the 磐 (ban) of 磐城 (Iwaki).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑo̞ːbã̠ɴ]

Proper noun

常(じょう)磐(ばん) • (Jōban) ^{←じやうばん (zyauban)?}

1. (historical) the provinces of Hitachi and Iwaki
2. Jōban (a former city in southeastern Fukushima Prefecture, today merged with the city of Iwaki).
3. a surname

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 常磐(じょうばん)線(せん) (Jōban-sen)
• 常磐(じょうばん)炭田(たんでん) (Jōban Tanden)
• 常磐(じょうばん)道(どう) (Jōban-dō)
• 常磐(じょうばん)物(もの) (Jōban-mono)