黄門
See also: 黃門 and 黄门
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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黄 | 門 |
こう Grade: 2 | もん Grade: 2 |
kan’on | goon |
Alternative spelling |
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黃門 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology
/kwau mon/ → /kʷɔːmoɴ/ → /koːmoɴ/
From Middle Chinese 黃門 (MC ɦwɑŋ muən).
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) こーもん [kòómóń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- IPA(key): [ko̞ːmõ̞ɴ]
Noun
黄門 • (kōmon) ←くわうもん (kwaumon)? (kyūjitai 黃門)
- the gates of the Imperial Palace, originally painted yellow
- (archaic) a eunuch
- from the 東漢 (Tōkan, “Eastern Han dynasty”) tradition where Edict Examination Bureau positions were exclusively filled by eunuchs
- (by extension) an infertile male
- (historical) Short for 黄門侍郎 (kōmonjirō): Chinese equivalent of 中納言 (chūnagon), a middle councilor in the imperial Council of State
- (historical) Short for 黄門監 (kōmonkan): Chinese equivalent of 大納言 (dainagon), a chief councilor in the imperial Council of State
Derived terms
- 水戸黄門 (Mito Kōmon)
Proper noun
黄門 • (Kōmon) ←くわうもん (Kwaumon)? (kyūjitai 黃門)
- Short for 水戸黄門 (Mito Kōmon): a nickname of Tokugawa Mitsukuni, the second daimyo of Mito Domain
Derived terms
- 黄門記 (Kōmonki)
References
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN