弘治

Chinese

		great; liberal	to rule; to govern; to manage to rule; to govern; to manage; to control; to harness (a river); cure; treatment; to heal
simp. and trad. (弘治)		弘	治

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Hóngzhì

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄓˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wang⁴ zi⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Hóngzhì
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄓˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Hóngjhìh
    • Wade–Giles: Hung²-chih⁴
    • Yale: Húng-jr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Horngjyh
    • Palladius: Хунчжи (Xunčži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xʊŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wang⁴ zi⁶
    • Yale: wàhng jih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wang⁴ dzi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: weng⁴ ji⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐŋ²¹ t͡siː²²/

Proper noun

弘治 (historical)

1. (～帝) the Hongzhi Emperor (the tenth emperor of the Ming dynasty)
2. the Hongzhi era (a Chinese era name; the era of that emperor's reign, from 1488 to 1505)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
弘	治
こう Jinmeiyō	じ Grade: 4
on'yomi

Proper noun

弘(こう)治(じ) • (Kōji) 

1. the Kōji era, 1555-1558

Usage notes

• Not to be confused with 康治(こうじ) (Kōji), the Kōji era 1142-1144

See also

• 天文(てんぶん) (Tenbun) (era preceding Kōji)
• 永禄(えいろく) (Eiroku) (era following Kōji)