江戸
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 江 | 戸 |
| え Grade: S |
と > ど Grade: 2 |
| kun'yomi | |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 江戶 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology
Compound of 江 (e, “cove, inlet”) + 戸 (to, “entrance, gate, door”). The to changes to do as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
- (historical) Edo, the former name of Tokyo before 1868.
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Descendants
Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 江 read as え
- Japanese terms spelled with 戸 read as と
- Japanese terms read with kun'yomi
- Japanese compound terms
- Japanese terms with rendaku
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese proper nouns
- Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji
- Japanese terms written with two Han script characters
- Japanese terms with historical senses