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# [[Yamato]] {{gl|ancient name for Japan}}
# [[Yamato]] {{gl|ancient name for Japan}}
# {{zh-div|市}} {{place|zh|t=Yamato|city|prefecture/Kanagawa|c/Japan}}
# {{zh-div|市}} {{place|zh|t=Yamato|city|prefecture/Kanagawa|c/Japan}}
# {{zh-div|號}} {{lb|zh|historical}} [[Yamato]] {{gl|a [[World War II]] [[battleship]]}} {{rfd-sense|zh}}
# {{zh-div|級}} [[Yamato]] class Battleship {{rfd-sense|zh}}
# {{zh-div|國}} [[Yamato]] Province, a former province in Japan, generally equivalent Nara Prefecture
# {{zh-div|國}} [[Yamato]] Province, a former province in Japan, generally equivalent Nara Prefecture
# {{name obor|zh|ja|大和|xlit=Yamato|type=surname}}
# {{name obor|zh|ja|大和|xlit=Yamato|type=surname}}

Revision as of 02:01, 22 July 2023

Chinese

big; great; huge
big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
 
mix together; peace; harmony
mix together; peace; harmony; and; with; union; cap (a poem); respond in singing; soft; warm
 
simp. and trad.
(大和) 		大 和
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Pronunciation

Rime
Character 大 大 和
Reading # 1/2 2/2 1/2
Initial (聲) 定 (7) 定 (7) 匣 (33)
Final (韻) 泰 (25) 歌 (94) 戈 (95)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Departing (H) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open Closed
Division (等) I I I
Fanqie 徒蓋切 唐佐切 戸戈切
Baxter dajH daH hwa
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/dɑiH/ /dɑH/ /ɦuɑ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/dɑiH/ /dɑH/ /ɦuɑ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/dɑiH/ /dɑH/ /ɣuɑ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/dajH/ /daH/ /ɦwa/
Li
Rong 		/dɑiH/ /dɑH/ /ɣuɑ/
Wang
Li 		/dɑiH/ /dɑH/ /ɣuɑ/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/dʱɑiH/ /dʱɑH/ /ɣuɑ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		dài duò huó
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		daai6 do6 wo4

Etymology 1

Proper noun

大和

  1. (Chinese history) an era during the Tang dynasty, from 827 through 835 CE
  2. (Chinese history) an era during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, from 929 through 935 CE
  3. (Vietnamese history) an era during the reign of Lê Nhân Tông, from 1443 through 1453
  4. (～鄉) Dahe (a township in Bazhou district, Bazhong, Sichuan, China)
Descendants
Sino-Xenic (大和):
  • → Japanese: 大(だい)和(わ) (Daiwa)

Etymology 2

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 大和(やまと) (yamato).

Proper noun

大和

  1. Yamato (ancient name for Japan)
  2. (～市) Yamato (a city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan)
  3. (～國) Yamato Province, a former province in Japan, generally equivalent Nara Prefecture
  4. An orthographic borrowing of the Japanese surname 大和, Yamato
Derived terms

See also

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
大 和
やまと
Grade: 1 Grade: 3
jukujikun
Alternative spellings
倭
和

⟨yamato2⟩: *[jamatə] → /jamato/

From older 邪馬台 (yamatai). From Old Japanese 大和 (yamato2), from Proto-Japonic *yamatə. Originally a geographical region in Nara, came to refer to all of Nara, and eventually to the country as a whole: Japan.

Chinese texts often used the word 倭 (“dwarf, midget”) to refer to the people of the Japanese archipelago, possibly because they were actually smaller, or more likely as an insult. This character came to be used in early Japanese texts, such as the Man'yōshū poetry compilation, with a kun'yomi or native-Japanese reading of Yamato to refer to Japan in general.

This 倭 character also has an on'yomi or borrowed Chinese reading of wa. During the reign of Empress Genmei (707–715), the 倭 character with an original Chinese meaning of “midget, dwarf” was replaced with the 和 character that is also read wa, but instead has the more favorable meaning of “harmony”, in spellings of the native Japanese term Yamato. The 大 character meaning “great” was then prefixed to this.[1] The resulting kanji compound 大和 can also be read with a kun'yomi of Ōyamato[2][3] (see below).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

大和(やまと) • (Yamato) 

  1. a town in the Shikinoshimo district in the Yamato Province of Japan, generally equivalent to modern Tenri area
  2. A city in Kanagawa Prefecture
  3. one of the old provinces that made up Japan, generally equivalent to modern Nara prefecture
  4. the country of Japan
  5. 大和: a World War II battleship
  6. 大和: a male given name
  7. 大和: a surname
Synonyms
  • (Japan): 日本 (Nihon, Nippon)
Derived terms
Derived terms
Descendants

See also

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
大 和
おお
Grade: 1 		やまと
Grade: 3
kun'yomi irregular
Alternative spellings
大倭
大日本

From Old Japanese. Found in the Man'yōshū, completed some time after 759 CE.[6]

Compound of 大 (ō, “great, big”) +‎ 大和 (Yamato, “the ancient Yamato kingdom; Japan”). The kanji spelling is an example of ateji (当て字).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

大(おお)和(やまと) • (Ōyamato) ←おほやまと (ofoyamato)?

  1. (historical) one of the old provinces that made up Japan, generally equivalent to modern Nara prefecture
  2. (poetic) the country of Japan

See also

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
大 和
だい
Grade: 1 		わ
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Appears to be a borrowing from Middle Chinese 大和 (MC dajH|daH hwa|hwaH).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

大(だい)和(わ) • (Daiwa) 

  1. an era in history:
    1. (Chinese history) an era during the Tang dynasty, from 827 through 835 CE
    2. (Chinese history) an era during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, from 929 through 935 CE
    3. (Vietnamese history) an era during the reign of Lê Nhân Tông, from 1443 through 1453
  2. a place:
    1. A neighborhood of Takatsuki, Osaka Prefecture.
    2. A township in Bazhong, Sichuan, China.

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ^ 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
  5. ^ Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, “Nationwide Accent Dictionary”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN
  6. ^
    c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 3, poem 475:
    , text here

Kunigami

Etymology

From Proto-Ryukyuan *yamato, from Proto-Japonic *yamatə. Cognate with Japanese 大和 (Yamato).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

大和(やまと゚ぅー) (Yamatū) 

  1. Japan

Derived terms

Miyako

Etymology

From Proto-Ryukyuan *yamato, from Proto-Japonic *yamatə. Cognate with Japanese 大和 (Yamato).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

大和 (hiragana やまとぅ, rōmaji Yamatu)

  1. Japan

Derived terms

Okinawan

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
大 和
やまとぅ
Grade: 1 Grade: 3
jukujikun
Alternative spellings
倭
和
日本

From Proto-Ryukyuan *yamato, from Proto-Japonic *yamatə. Cognate with mainland Japanese 大和 (Yamato).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

大和(やまとぅ) (Yamatu) 

  1. Japan, mainland Japan in contrast to Okinawa
  2. Satsuma, Japan
Usage notes
  • Because 大和 (Yamatu) may also refer to Satsuma, 大大和 (Ufuyamatu) is used to clearly refer to mainland Japan in contrast to Okinawa.
Derived terms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
大 和
うふやまとぅ
Grade: 1 Grade: 3
jukujikun

Proper noun

大和(うふやまとぅ) (Ufuyamatu) 

  1. Alternative form of 大大和 (“Japan, Mainland Japan in contrast to Okinawan”).

References

Yaeyama

Etymology

From Proto-Ryukyuan *yamato, from Proto-Japonic *yamatə. Cognate with Japanese 大和 (Yamato).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

大和 (hiragana やまとぅ, rōmaji Yamatu)

  1. Japan

Derived terms

Yonaguni

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Ryukyuan *yamato, from Proto-Japonic *yamatə. Cognate with Japanese 大和 (Yamato).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

大和 (hiragana だまとぅ, rōmaji Damatu)

  1. Japan

Derived terms

References

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