招核

Chinese

		provoke; to recruit	nuclear; atomic; stone (of fruit)
simp. and trad. (招核)		招	核
Literally: “to lead to nuclear bombing”.

Etymology

From the fact that the Pacific War waged by Japan during the reign of Showa emperor ended up in the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Zhāohé

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄠ ㄏㄜˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Zhāohé
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄠ ㄏㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Jhaohé
    • Wade–Giles: Chao¹-ho²
    • Yale: Jāu-hé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jauher
    • Palladius: Чжаохэ (Čžaoxɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ xɤ³⁵/

Adjective

招核

1. (Mainland China, neologism, Internet slang, sarcastic) Alternative form of 昭和 (Zhāohé, “Japanese militaristic”)