今上天皇
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | |||
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今 | 上 | 天 | 皇 |
きん Grade: 2 |
しょう > じょう Grade: 1 |
てん Grade: 1 |
おう > のう Grade: 6 |
kan’on | goon |
Etymology edit
今上 (kinjō) + 天皇 (tennō). The former part is borrowed from Middle Chinese 今上 (MC kim dzyangX).
The shō changes to jō as an instance of rendaku (連濁); also read kinshō without rendaku in older texts.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
今上天皇 • (Kinjō Tennō) ←きんじやうてんわう (kinzyauten'wau)?