愛媛
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See also: 爱媛
Chinese[edit]
to love; affection; to be fond of to love; affection; to be fond of; to like |
a beauty | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (愛媛) | 愛 | 媛 | |
| simp. (爱媛) | 爱 | 媛 | |
Etymology[edit]
Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 愛媛 (Ehime).
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
愛媛
- (～縣) Ehime (a prefecture of Japan)
Japanese[edit]
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 愛 | 媛 |
| え Grade: 4 |
ひめ Grade: 4 |
| nanori | kun’yomi |
Etymology[edit]
⟨epi1me1⟩ → /epʲimʲe/ → /eɸime/ → /ehime/
From Old Japanese 愛比賣 (epi1me1, literally “loveable girl”), an epithet of Iyo Province according to the Kojiki (712 CE).[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
- Short for 愛媛県 (Ehime-ken): Ehime Prefecture
- a female given name
References[edit]
- ^ Herbert E. Plutschow (1990) Chaos and Cosmos: Ritual in Early and Medieval Japanese Literature (Volume 1 of Brill's Japanese Studies Library), BRILL, →ISBN, page 76
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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