平成

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SQUARE ERA NAME HEISEI
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Chinese
 
flat; level; equal; to make the same score; to tie; to draw; calm; peaceful
 
finish; complete; accomplish; become; turn into; win; succeed; one tenth
simp. and trad.
(平成)		 平 成

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Verb

平成

  1. (literary) to plan everything well

Etymology 2

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 平成 (Heisei).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

平成

  1. Heisei era of Japanese history

Japanese
Kanji in this term
平 成
へい
Grade: 3		 せい
Grade: 4
kan’on

Alternative forms

Etymology

Based from two Literary Chinese passages, one from 史記 (Shiki, “the Records of the Grand Historian”) and the other from 書経 (Shokyō, “the Book of Documents”):

内平外成 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.][▼ expand/hide]
From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, circa 91 BCE
nèi píng wài chéng [Pinyin]
(please add an English translation of this example)
in Japanese, 地平らかにして天成る (chi tairaka ni shite ten naru), and
地平天成 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.][▼ expand/hide]
From: The Book of Documents, circa 7th – 4th centuries BCE
dì píng tiān chéng [Pinyin]
(please add an English translation of this example)
in Japanese, 内平らかにして外成る (uchi tairaka ni shite soto naru)

Literally "becoming peaceful" or "peace everywhere".

Pronunciation

Proper noun

平成 (hiragana へいせい, rōmaji Heisei)

  1. the Heisei period (Japanese era that began on 8 January 1989 and ends on 30 April 2019)
    平 (へい)成 (せい)元 (がん)年 (ねん)
    Heisei gannen
    the first year of Heisei (1989 in the Gregorian calendar)

Derived terms
Derived terms
  • 平 (へい)成 (せい)景 (けい)気 (き) (Heisei Keiki)
  • 平 (へい)成 (せい)研 (けん)究 (きゅう)会 (かい) (Heisei Kenkyūkai)
  • 平 (へい)成 (せい)新 (しん)山 (ざん) (Heisei Shinzan)
  • 平 (へい)成 (せい)ネオナショナリズム (Heisei Neo-nashonarizumu)
  • 平 (へい)成 (せい)不 (ふ)況 (きょう) (Heisei Fukyō)

Descendants
  • → English: Heisei
  • → Chinese:
    • Mandarin: 平成 (Píngchéng)
  • → Korean: 헤이세이 (Heisei)
  • → Vietnamese: Heisei, Bình Thành

See also

References
  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

Vietnamese
Hán tự in this word
平成

Proper noun

平成

  1. Hán tự form of Bình Thành (“Heisei era of Japanese history”).
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