きょう

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spelling
今日

⟨ke1 pu⟩ → */kʲepu/ → /keɸu/ → */kewu/ → /keu/ → /kjoː/

From Old Japanese けふ (ke1pu), from Proto-Japonic *kepu.

Originally a compound of 此 (ke, apophonic form of ko, "this") + 日 (fu, apophonic form of hi, “day”). The final /eu/ → /joː/ sound shift is a separate but regular phonological change.

Pronunciation

Noun

きょう • (kyō) ←けふ (kefu)?

  1. today
    Synonym: 本日 (honjitsu)
Derived terms
Proverbs

Proper noun

きょう • (Kyō) ←けふ (Kefu)?

  1. a female given name
See also

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of きょう – see the following entries.
【京】2
capital city
Short for 京都 (Kyōto, “Kyōto (a city in Kyōto, Japan)”).
capital city
(specifically) Kyōto (a city in Kyōto, Japan)
(especially) Tōkyō (a province of Japan)
【強】2
strength
(lengths of time) slightly more than
【教】2
teaching
doctrine
-ism (religion)
【共】4
co-
【境】5
region, environment
mental state
(Buddhism) something that can be perceived with the mind or senses
【経】5
(Buddhism) a sutra (Buddhist scripture):
a discourse of the Gautama Buddha, one of the Twelve Divisions of Mahayana Buddhism
short for 経蔵 (Kyōzō): the Sutta Pitaka, one of the three divisions of the Tripitaka
collective term for Buddhist literature including sutras in general
(Buddhism, by extension of reading sutras) a Buddhist service or rite
a scripture (in religions other than Buddhism)
a surname
a unisex given name
【興】5
entertainment; pleasure; interest
【郷】6
hometown
【香】4
Clipping of 香車 (kyōsha, “incense chariot”).
【凶】S
ill fortune
Alternative spelling
兇
【卿】J
(honorific title) Sir, Lord
【侠】H
chivalrous spirit (Can we verify(+) this sense?)
(This term, きょう (kyō), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as きょう, see Category:Japanese kanji read as きょう.)

(The following entries are uncreated: 兄, 橋, 恐, 供, 孝, 狂, 饗, 兇, 羌, 轎.)

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ^ Kojima, Noriyuki with Arai Eizō (1989) [905] Shin Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 5: Kokin Wakashū (in Japanese), Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  5. ^ Sōchō, H. Mack Horton (2002) The Journal of Sōchō, illustrated edition, Stanford University Press, →ISBN, page 209
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