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Japanese
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| 黃門 (kyūjitai)
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Etymology
/kwau mon/ → /kʷɔːmoɴ/ → /koːmoɴ/
From Middle Chinese 黃門 (MC hwang mwon).
Pronunciation
Noun
黄門 • (kōmon) ←くわうもん (kwaumon)?
- 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
Proper noun
黄門 • (Kōmon) ←くわうもん (Kwaumon)?
- Short for 水戸黄門 (Mito Kōmon): a nickname of Tokugawa Mitsukuni, the second daimyo of Mito Domain
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