愛媛

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See also: 爱媛

Chinese

to love; affection; to be fond of
to love; affection; to be fond of; to like
 
a beauty
trad. (愛媛)
simp. (爱媛)

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 愛媛 (Ehime).

Pronunciation


Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) 愛媛

  1. () Ehime (a prefecture of Japan)

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 4
ひめ
Grade: 4
nanori kun’yomi

Etymology

⟨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

Proper noun

()(ひめ) or 愛媛(proper) (ehime or proper[[Category:Japanese Lua error in Module:debug at line 160: Invalid part of speech.
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  1. Short for 愛媛県 (Ehime-ken): Ehime Prefecture
  2. a female given name

References

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  2. ^ 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN