八紘一宇

Chinese

		eight	cord for hat; vast	one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	room; universe
trad. (八紘一宇)		八	紘	一	宇
simp. (八纮一宇)		八	纮	一	宇

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 八(はっ)紘(こう)一(いち)宇(う) (Hakkō Ichiu).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bāhóngyīyǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚ ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄧ ㄩˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bāhóngyīyǔ [Phonetic: bāhóngyìyǔ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄧ ㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bahóngyiyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: pa¹-hung²-i¹-yü³
    • Yale: bā-húng-yī-yǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bahorngiyeu
    • Palladius: бахунъиюй (baxunʺijuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵⁵ xʊŋ³⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Phrase

八紘一宇

1. Hakkō ichiu (WWII-era phrase used by the Empire of Japan)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
八	紘	一	宇
はち > はっ Grade: 1	こう Jinmeiyō	いち Grade: 1	う Grade: 6
on’yomi

Etymology

八紘 (hakkō, “eight corners”) + 一宇 (ichiu, “one roof”) ≅ “the eight corners of the earth [united] under a single roof”

The concept originates from a passage in the Nihon Shoki (720): 兼六合以開都、 掩八紘一而為宇, in which Emperor Jimmu declares Kashihara to be the capital of the lands. Originally limited to context of Japan as a whole, but in 1903 Tanaka Chigaku first used it in reference to world unification. Widely used around 1937 during the Sino-Japanese War, the phrase was later included in the July 26, 1940 national policy known as Kihon Kokusaku Yōkō (基本国策要綱) during the Fumimaro Konoe administration.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hakkoː itɕiu/

Noun

八(はっ)紘(こう)一(いち)宇(う) • (hakkō ichiu) ^{←はっくゎういちう (fakkwauitiu)?}

1. unifying and controlling the whole world as a single house
2. during World War II, used as a nationalistic slogan to rationalize overseas expansion

Descendants

• → Chinese: 八紘一宇／八纮一宇 (bāhóngyīyǔ)
• → Korean: 팔굉일우 (palgoeng'iru)

Korean

Hanja in this term
八	紘	一	宇

Noun

八紘一宇 • (palgoeng'iru) (hangeul 팔굉일우)

1. Hanja form^? of 팔굉일우.