千名

千名

Japanese

Kanji in this term
千	名
ち Grade: 1	な Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 千 (chi, “thousand”) +‎ 名 (na, “name”).

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [t͡ɕina̠]

Noun

千名 (hiragana ちな, rōmaji china)

1. various rumours
   • c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 4, poem 731), text here:

     吾名者毛 千名之五百名尓 雖立 君之名立者 惜社泣

     我が名はも 千名の五百名に 立ちぬとも 君が名立たば 惜しみこそ泣け

     わがなはも ちなのいほなに たちぬとも きみがなたたば をしみこそなけ

     Wa ga na wa mo / china no ihona ni / tachinu tomo / kimi ga na tataba / oshimi koso nake

     Let my name be raised five hundred times, a thousand times, but if your name is raised, I cry with regret