年号

See also: 年號

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 年号 – see 年號 (“era name; regnal period; regnal year; etc.”). (This term is the simplified form of 年號).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
年	号
ねん Grade: 1	ごう Grade: 3
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
年號 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 年號／年号 (nen haw^H, literally “year + call”). Compare modern Mandarin reading niánhào, Cantonese nin⁴ hou⁶.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ねんご​ー [nèńgóꜜò] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [nẽ̞ŋɡo̞ː]

Noun

年(ねん)号(ごう) • (nengō) ^{←ねんがう (nengau)?}

1. an era name

Usage notes

Nengō are applied to periods from a few years to several decades. Such era names were used in former times in China and many other East Asian nations; now used only in Taiwan and Japan.

Synonyms

• 元(げん)号(ごう) (gengō)