安和

Japanese

Kanji in this term
安	和
あん Grade: 3	な Grade: 3
goon	nanori

Etymology

Literary Chinese, from the phrase 是故治世之音安以樂其政和 in chapter 樂記 (“Record of Music”) of the Book of Rites. The wa changes to na as an instance of renjō (連声).

Proper noun

安(あん)和(な) • (Anna) ^{←あんわ (an'wa)?}

1. (historical) the name of an era that encompasses the reign of Emperor Reizei and Emperor En'yū, from Julian August 13, 968, to March 25, 970

See also

• 康(こう)保(ほう) (Kōhō) (era preceding Anna)
• 天(てん)禄(ろく) (Tenroku) (era following Anna)