年号

See also: 年號

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 年号 – see 年號 (“era name; regnal period; regnal year; etc.”). (This term, 年号, is the simplified form of 年號.)
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

From Middle Chinese compound 年號 (nen haw^H, literally “year + call”). Compare modern Mandarin reading niánhào, Cantonese nin⁴ hou⁶.

On’yomi: Goon
- (Tokyo) ねんごー [nèńgóꜜò] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2]
- IPA^(key): [nẽ̞ŋɡo̞ː]

年号 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 年號, hiragana ねんごう, rōmaji nengō, historical hiragana ねんがう)

An era name, applied to periods from a few years to several decades. Used in former times in China and many other East Asian nations; now used only in Taiwan and Japan.

1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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