永字
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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永 | 字 |
えい Grade: 5 | じ Grade: 1 |
on’yomi |
Etymology
Middle Chinese 永字
Pronunciation
- On’yomi
- (Tokyo) えーじ [èéjí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- IPA(key): [e̞ːʑi]
Noun
永字 (hiragana えいじ, rōmaji eiji)
- the character 永 (ei, “eternity”)
Derived terms
- 永字八法 (eiji happō, “the Eight Principles of Yong”)
References
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN