永久

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Chinese

forever; always; perpetual(ly) (long) time; (long) duration of time
simp. and trad.
(永久)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (35) (28)
Final () (112) (136)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter hjwaengX kjuwX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦˠwiæŋX/ /kɨuX/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦʷᵚiaŋX/ /kiuX/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣiuaŋX/ /kiəuX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦwiajŋX/ /kuwX/
Li
Rong
/ɣiuɐŋX/ /kiuX/
Wang
Li
/ɣĭwɐŋX/ /kĭəuX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/i̯wɐŋX/ /ki̯ə̯uX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yǒng jiǔ
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
wing5 gau2
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
yǒng jiǔ
Middle
Chinese
‹ hjwængX › ‹ kjuwX ›
Old
Chinese
/*ʷraŋʔ/ /*ʷəʔ/
English long (time) a long time

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
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 15423 6969
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɢʷraŋʔ/ /*kʷlɯʔ/

Adjective

永久

  1. permanent; long-lasting; eternal

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
えい
Grade: 5
きゅう
Grade: 5
on'yomi

Adjective

(えい)(きゅう) (eikyūえいきう (eikiu)?-na (adnominal (えい)(きゅう) (eikyū na), adverbial (えい)(きゅう) (eikyū ni))

  1. eternal
Inflection

Noun

(えい)(きゅう) (eikyūえいきう (eikiu)?

  1. permanence; continuing forever; being timeless; being eternally unchanging; eternity
Synonyms

Proper noun

 永久 (年号) on Japanese Wikipedia
 Eikyū on Wikipedia

(えい)(きゅう) (Eikyūえいきう (Eikiu)?

  1. the Eikyū era, 1113–1118
See also

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
とわ
Grade: 5 Grade: 5
jukujikun
For pronunciation and definitions of 永久 – see the following entry.
とわ
constant, permanent, everlasting
eternity
constancy, permanence, everlastingness
Alternative spellings
永遠,
(This term, 永久, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
とこしえ
Grade: 5 Grade: 5
jukujikun
For pronunciation and definitions of 永久 – see the following entry.
とこしえ
eternal, permanent
eternity, permanence
Alternative spellings
常しえ, 長しえ, 永久しえ
(This term, 永久, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term
とこしなえ
Grade: 5 Grade: 5
jukujikun
For pronunciation and definitions of 永久 – see the following entry.
とこしなえ
the way in which something continues unchanged for a long period of time; eternal, everlasting
This term needs a translation to English.
Alternative spellings
常しなえ, 長しなえ
(This term, 永久, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

永久 (yeonggu) (hangeul 영구)

  1. hanja form? of 영구

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Adjective

永久

  1. chữ Hán form of vĩnh cửu (everlasting).