元日

元日

Chinese

		primary; first; fundamental primary; first; fundamental; dollar; (dynasty)	day; sun; date day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)
simp. and trad. (元日)		元	日
anagram		日元

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuánrì

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˊ ㄖˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁴ jat⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yuánrì
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˊ ㄖˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuanryh
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yuánrì
    • IPA ^(key): /ɥɛn³⁵ ʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyun⁴ jat⁶
    • Yale: yùhn yaht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁴ jat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yun⁴ yed⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /jyːn²¹ jɐt̚²/

Noun

元日

1. Lunar New Year's Day
2. (literary) first day of a lunar month
3. (often attributive) the Yuan dynasty and Japan; the Mongols and Japan

   元日戰爭 / 元日战争  ―  yuánrì zhànzhēng  ―  Mongol invasions of Japan

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
元	日
がん Grade: 2	じつ Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) がんじつ [gàńjítsú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ɡã̠ɲ̟d͡ʑit͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

元日 (hiragana がんじつ, rōmaji ganjitsu)

1. New Year's Day

References

1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3