平成

㍻ U+337B, ㍻ SQUARE ERA NAME HEISEI ← ㍺ [U+337A] CJK Compatibility ㍼ → [U+337C]

Chinese

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

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): píngchéng

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄔㄥˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: píngchéng
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄔㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: píngchéng
    • Wade–Giles: pʻing²-chʻêng²
    • Yale: píng-chéng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyngcherng
    • Palladius: пинчэн (pinčɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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Verb

平成

1. (literary) to plan everything well

Etymology 2

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 平成 (Heisei).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Píngchéng

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄔㄥˊ

• Eastern Min (BUC): Bìng-sìng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Pêng-sêng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Píngchéng
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄔㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Píngchéng
    • Wade–Giles: Pʻing²-chʻêng²
    • Yale: Píng-chéng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Pyngcherng
    • Palladius: Пинчэн (Pinčɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Bìng-sìng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piŋ⁵³⁻³³ ^(s-)niŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Pêng-sêng
    • Tâi-lô: Pîng-sîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pengseeng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /piɪŋ²⁴⁻²² siɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /piɪŋ²⁴⁻²² siɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /piɪŋ¹³⁻²² siɪŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /piɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ siɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɪŋ²³⁻³³ siɪŋ²³/

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

Literally "becoming peaceful" or "peace everywhere". Based on 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.]

From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE

nèi píng wài chéng [Pinyin]

Internal peace, external accomplishment;

in Japanese, 内平らかにして外成る (uchi tairaka ni shite soto naru), and

地平天成 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

From: The Book of Documents, circa 7^th – 4^th centuries BCE

dì píng tiān chéng [Pinyin]

The earth has been rendered peaceful, and the (influence of) heaven has become complete.

in Japanese, 地平らかにして天成る (chi tairaka ni shite ten naru)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) へーせー [hèéséé] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [he̞ːse̞ː]

Proper noun

平(へい)成(せい) • (Heisei) 

1. the Heisei era, 1989-2019

   平成(へいせい)元年(がんねん)

   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)研究(けんきゅう)会(かい) (Heisei Kenkyūkai)
• 平(へい)成(せい)新山(しんざん) (Heisei Shinzan)
• 平成(へいせい)ネオナショナリズム (Heisei Neo-nashonarizumu)
• 平(へい)成(せい)不況(ふきょう) (Heisei Fukyō)

Descendants

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

See also

• 昭和(しょうわ) (Shōwa) (era preceding Heisei)
• 令(れい)和(わ) (Reiwa) (era following Heisei)

References

• Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
平	成

Proper noun

平成

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