白玉楼

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Chinese

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For pronunciation and definitions of – see 白玉樓 (“a place where literati go after death; death of a writer, poet, etc.”).
(This term is the simplified form of 白玉樓).
Notes:

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
はく
Grade: 1
ぎょく
Grade: 1
ろう
Grade: S
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
白玉樓 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

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From a Chinese legend where Li He, a poet of the Tang dynasty, was told before death that the celestial palace had been built and he was summoned to record it.

Pronunciation

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  • (Tokyo) くぎょくろー [hàkúgyókúꜜròò] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ha̠kɯ̟ɡʲo̞kɯ̟ɾo̞ː]

Noun

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(はく)(ぎょく)(ろう) (hakugyokurō

  1. a celestial palace where literati go after death

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN