永安
Chinese
forever; always; perpetual (ly) | content; calm; still content; calm; still; quiet; to pacify; peace; how | ||
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trad. (永安) | 永 | 安 | |
simp. #(永安) | 永 | 安 |
Pronunciation
Proper noun
永安
- (~市, formerly ~縣) Yong'an (a county-level city and former county of Sanming, Fujian, China)
- (~市) Vĩnh Yên (a city in Vietnam)
- (~區) Yong'an (a district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan)
- (~街道) Yong'an (a subdistrict of Caidian district, Wuhan, Hubei, China)
- (~街道, formerly ~鎮) Yong'an (a subdistrict of Fengjie, Chongqing, China, formerly a town)
- (~鎮) Yong'an (a town in Liuyang, Changsha, Hunan, China)
- (~州) Yong'an (a historical prefecture in modern Guangxi, China)
- (historical) An era name: any of the periods of time from 258–264; 304; 314–320; 401–412; 528–530; or 1098–1100
Derived terms
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Japanese
Etymology 1
Kanji in this term | |
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永 | 安 |
えい Grade: 5 | あん Grade: 3 |
on’yomi |
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [e̞ːã̠ɴ]
Noun
永安 • (eian) ←えいあん (eian)?
- (literary, rare) everlasting peace
- 1911, 富田高慶, editor, 報徳論, 報徳書院, page 66:
- 其勞を通して國家全く永安を得へし
- Sono rō o tōshite kokka mattaku eian o u-beshi
- (please add an English translation of this example)
- 其勞を通して國家全く永安を得へし
- 1929, 久保天随, editor, 詳解新漢和大辞典, 有宏社, page 16:
- 【安鎭法】眞言宗大法の一、不動明王を祀りて國家の永安を祈る法。
- 【Anchinhō】Shingonshū daihō no hitotsu, fudōmyōō o matsurite kokka no eian o inoru hō.
- (please add an English translation of this example)
- 【安鎭法】眞言宗大法の一、不動明王を祀りて國家の永安を祈る法。
- 1942, 尊徳翁の経済倫理, 全国豆腐商業組合聯合会, page 7:
- 當時の時艱を克服し國威の永安を期するの途
- Tōji no jikan o kokufuku shi kokui no eian o kisuru no michi
- (please add an English translation of this example)
- 當時の時艱を克服し國威の永安を期するの途
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Usage notes
- Usage seems to be associated with the Edo-era thinker 二宮尊徳.
Etymology 2
Kanji in this term | |
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永 | 安 |
えい Grade: 5 | あん Grade: 3 |
on’yomi |
Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 永安.
Alternative forms
- 永安 (Yon'an)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [e̞ːã̠ɴ]
Proper noun
永安 • (Eian) ←えいあん (eian)?
- Yong'an (a county-level city in Sanming, Fujian, China)
Etymology 3
Kanji in this term | |
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永 | 安 |
よん Grade: 5 | あん Grade: 3 |
irregular |
From Mandarin 永安 (Yǒng'ān).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [jõ̞ɰ̃ã̠ɴ]
Proper noun
永安 • (Yon'an)
- Alternative form of 永安 (“Yong'an (a county-level city in Sanming, Fujian, China)”)