Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
ひょう
Grade: 3

Grade: 2
on’yomi
Examples
  • 三浦 - MUR
  • 安倍晋三 - ABSNZU

Etymology edit

From kana initials of 多田野(ただの) (Tadano, a surname) + (ひょう)() (hyōki, notation). 多田野 refers to Kazuhito Tadano, a Japanese professional baseball player who was involved in a gay porn video scandal, thus in Internet discussions his name was sometimes written this way to avoid explicit mentioning.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ta̠da̠no̞ ço̞ːkʲi]

Noun edit

TDN(ただの)(ひょう)() (Tadano hyōki

  1. (Internet slang) kana initials