萬葉

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See also: 万葉 and 万叶

Chinese

ten thousand; a great number; surname leaf; page
trad. (萬葉)
simp. (万叶)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2
Initial () (4) (36)
Final () (66) (155)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter mjonH yep
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/mʉɐnH/ /jiᴇp̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/mʷiɐnH/ /jiɛp̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/miuɐnH/ /jæp̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/muanH/ /jiap̚/
Li
Rong
/miuɐnH/ /iɛp̚/
Wang
Li
/mĭwɐnH/ /jĭɛp̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/mi̯wɐnH/ /i̯ɛp̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
wàn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
maan6 jip6

Noun

萬葉

  1. (literary) ten thousand generations; generation after generation; eternity; forever

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (萬葉):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
まん
Jinmeiyō
よう > にょう
Grade: 3
kan’yōon on’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 萬葉 – see the following entry.
万葉まんよう
myriads of leaves
(by extension) thousands of years, eternity
Short for 万葉集 (Man'yōshū): the “Collection of Ten Thousand Leaves”, an anthology of Old Japanese poetry completed c. 759 CE
a female given name
万葉まんにょう
(rare) myriads of leaves
(by extension, rare) thousands of years, eternity
(rare) Short for 万葉集 (Mannyōshū): the “Collection of Ten Thousand Leaves”, an anthology of Old Japanese poetry completed c. 759 CE
万葉かずは
a female given name
万葉ばんば
a surname
Alternative spelling
まんば
(This term, 萬葉, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)