昭和

㍼ U+337C, ㍼ SQUARE ERA NAME SYOUWA ← ㍻ [U+337B] CJK Compatibility ㍽ → [U+337D]

Contents

ChineseEdit

		illustrious; manifest	mix together; peace; harmony mix together; peace; harmony; and; with; union; cap (a poem); respond in singing; soft; warm
simp. and trad. (昭和)		昭	和

PronunciationEdit

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Zhāohé

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄠ ㄏㄜˊ

• Min Nan (POJ): Chiau-hô

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: Zhāohé
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄠ ㄏㄜˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jauher
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ xɤ³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chiau-hô
    • Tâi-lô: Tsiau-hô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciau'hooi
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiaʊ⁴⁴⁻²² ho²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiaʊ³³ ho²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiaʊ⁴⁴⁻²² ho¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕiaʊ⁴⁴⁻³³ ho²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiaʊ⁴⁴⁻³³ hɤ²³/

Proper nounEdit

昭和

1. Shōwa

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JapaneseEdit

Kanji in this term
昭	和
しょう Grade: 3	わ Grade: 3
on'yomi

Alternative formsEdit

• ㍼

EtymologyEdit

PronunciationEdit

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) しょうわ [shòówá] (Heiban - [0])
  • (Tokyo) しょ​うわ [shóꜜòwà] (Atamadaka - [1])
  • IPA^(key): [ɕo̞ːɰᵝa̠]

Proper nounEdit

昭和 (hiragana しょうわ, rōmaji Shōwa)

1. The Shōwa era; the Japanese era beginning on December 25 1926 and ending on January 7 1989.

   昭和 (しょうわ)元年 (がんねん)

   shōwa gannen

   the first year of Shōwa (1926 by the Gregorian calendar)

Usage notesEdit

• Not to be confused with 正和, the Shōwa era of 1312–1317, or with 承和, the Jōwa era of 834–848 (which may also be read Shōwa).

See alsoEdit

• 大正 (たいしょう) (Taishō): The Taishō era; the era preceding the Shōwa era.
• 平成 (へいせい) (Heisei): The Heisei era; the era following the Shōwa era.

ReferencesEdit

• 1998, 広辞苑 (Kōjien), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, ISBN 4000801112