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Chinese
Etymology
Tokyo
Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 東( とう ) 京( きょう ) ( Tōkyō ) .
Pronunciation
Baxter –Sagart system 1.1 (2014 )
Character
東
京
Reading #
1/1
1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
dōng
jīng
Middle Chinese
‹ tuwng ›
‹ kjæng ›
Old Chinese
/*tˁoŋ/ (< *tˁoŋʔ ?)
/*raŋ/
English
east
hill; capital city
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
東
京
Reading #
1/1
1/1
No.
2435
6828
Phonetic component
東
京
Rime group
東
陽
Rime subdivision
0
0
Corresponding MC rime
東
驚
Old Chinese
/*toːŋ/
/*kraŋ/
Notes
種 (種 籽 )初 文 ,甲 金 文 象 種 皮 甲 坼 萌 生 根 芽 ,參 敕 字 陳 字 注
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Proper noun
東京
( ~都 ) Tokyo (a prefecture , the capital city of Japan )
Old name for 開封 / 开封 (Kāifēng ).
《東京 夢華 錄 》 / 《东京 梦华 录 》 ― “Dōngjīng mènghuá lù” ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Old name for 河內 / 河内 (Hénèi ).
( history ) Tonkin
Derived terms
Descendants
Noun
東京
( historical ) the eastern capital ( in situations where dual capitals existed )
Descendants
Japanese
Etymology 1
/tou kʲau/ → /toːkʲɔː/ → /toːkʲoː/
Compound of Middle Chinese -derived elements 東 ( tō , “ east , eastern ” ) + 京 ( kyō , “ capital ” ) .
The city of Tokyo was renamed from 江戸 ( Edo ) in 1868 after Emperor Meiji moved the capital from Kyoto .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
東( とう ) 京( きょう ) • (Tōkyō ) ←とうきやう ( Toukyau ) ?
Tokyo (a prefecture , the capital city of Japan , consisting of 23 special wards )
昨日( きのう ) 、 東( とう ) 京( きょう ) は 曇( くも ) りでした か 。 Kinō, Tōkyō wa kumori deshita ka. Was it cloudy in Tokyo yesterday?
Short for 東京都 ( Tōkyō-to ) : the capital prefecture of Japan
Short for 東京駅 ( Tōkyō-eki ) : Tokyo Station
( historical ) Short for 東京府 ( Tōkyō-fu ) : the historical Tokyo Prefecture from 1868–1943
a surname
Derived terms
Descendants
See also
Noun
東( とう ) 京( きょう ) • (tōkyō ) ←とうきやう ( toukyau ) ?
( historical ) an eastern capital
1603 , Vocabvlario da Lingoa de Iapam (Nippo Jisho ) [Vocabulary of the Language of Japan ] (in Portuguese), Nagasaki, page 663 :[ 1]
Tôqiǒ . トゥキャゥ (東京) Figaxi no miyaco . (東の都) 東の地方の都 (Miaco ).
Tokio : East city; a city on the eastern region (Meaco ).
Coordinate terms
Etymology 2
From Middle Chinese 東京 (MC tuwng kjaeng ).
The alternate pronunciation for Tokyo appears to be prevalent in the early- to mid-Meiji period .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
東( とう ) 京( けい ) • (Tōkei )
( historical ) the capital of 東漢 ( Tōkan , “ Eastern Han ” ) or 後漢 ( Gokan , “ Later Han ” ) , corresponds to modern Luoyang
( historical ) the capital of 北宋 ( Hokusō , “ Northern Song ” ) , corresponds to modern Kaifeng
( historical ) the eastern capital of the Jurchen Jin dynasty , corresponds to modern Liaoyang
( historical ) the capital of Yongwon province in Balhae during the Tang dynasty
( historical ) Dated spelling of とうきょう ( Tōkyō ) above
Derived terms
Etymology 3
Borrowing from Vietnamese 東京 ( Đông Kinh , literally “ Eastern capital ” ) , a historical name for Hanoi . ( Can this (+ ) etymology be sourced ?)
Pronunciation
Proper noun
東京( トンキン ) • (Tonkin )
( historical ) Tonkin (northern region of Vietnam )
Derived terms
References
Korean
Proper noun
東京 • (Donggyeong ) (hangeul 동경 )
hanja form? of 동경 ( “ alternative name of Tokyo ” )
Okinawan
Etymology
From Japanese 東京 ( Tōkyō ) .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
東( とー ) 京( ちょー ) (Tōchō )
Tokyo (a prefecture , the capital city of Japan , consisting of 23 special wards )
東京( とーちょー ) んかい行( い ) ち欲( ぶ ) さん。Tōchō -nkai ichibusan.(I) want to go to Tokyo .
References
^ “トーチョー ” in Okinawa Center of Language Study, Shuri-Naha Dialect Dictionary (archived; reopens 2024) .(permanent dead link)
^ Kokuritsu Kokugo Kenkyūjo (国立国語研究所 ) (1963 ) 沖縄語辞典 (Okinawa-go Jiten) [Dictionary of the Okinawan Language ] (in Japanese), Tokyo (東京 ) : Okurashō Insatsu Kyoku (財務省印刷局 )
“とーちょー【東京】 ” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary , 2019.
Vietnamese
Proper noun
東京
chữ Hán form of Đông Kinh ( “ former name of Hanoi , Tonkin ; Tokyo ” ) .