旧帝大学

Japanese

Kanji in this term
旧	帝	大	学
きゅう Grade: 5	てい Grade: S	だい Grade: 1	がく Grade: 1
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
舊帝大學 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 旧(きゅう) (kyū, “old; former”) + 帝(てい) (tei, “imperial; emperor”) + 大学(だいがく) (daigaku, “university”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kʲɨːte̞ː da̠iɡa̠kɯ̟]

Proper noun

旧(きゅう)帝(てい)大(だい)学(がく) • (Kyūtei Daigaku) 

1. Former Imperial Universities

Usage notes

Following universities are considered as 旧(きゅう)帝(てい)大(だい)学(がく) (Kyūtei Daigaku).

1. 東(とう)京(きょう)大(だい)学(がく) (Tōkyō Daigaku, “University of Tokyo”)
2. 京(きょう)都(と)大(だい)学(がく) (Kyōto Daigaku, “Kyoto University”)
3. 東(とう)北(ほく)大(だい)学(がく) (Tōhoku Daigaku, “Tohoku University”)
4. 北(ほっ)海(かい)道(どう)大(だい)学(がく) (Hokkaidō Daigaku, “Hokkaido University”)
5. 大(おお)阪(さか)大(だい)学(がく) (Ōsaka Daigaku, “Osaka University”)
6. 名(な)古(ご)屋(や)大(だい)学(がく) (Nagoya Daigaku, “Nagoya University”)

These universities were also Imperial Universities, but they are located outside of Japan, so they are not considered as 旧(きゅう)帝(てい)大(だい)学(がく) (Kyūtei Daigaku).

1. National Taiwan University
2. Seoul National University