昭和

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

Chinese

		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

Pronunciation

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 昭和 (Shōwa).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Zhāohé

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄠ ㄏㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ciu¹ wo⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): Chiau-hô

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: Zhāohé
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄠ ㄏㄜˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jauher
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Jhaohé
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ xɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ciu¹ wo⁴
    • Yale: chīu wòh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsiu¹ wo⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: qiu¹ wo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːu̯⁵⁵ wɔː²¹/
• 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 noun

昭和

1. Shōwa era of Japanese history

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
昭	和
しょう Grade: 3	わ Grade: 3
goon

Alternative forms

• ㍼

Etymology

/ɕeuwa/ → /ɕoːwa/

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Goon
  • (Tokyo) しょーわ [shòówá] (Heiban – [0])
  • (Tokyo) しょ​ーわ [shóꜜòwà] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA^(key): [ɕo̞ːɰᵝa̠]

Proper noun

昭和 (hiragana しょうわ, rōmaji Shōwa, historical hiragana せうわ)

1. the Shōwa period (Japanese era that began on 25 December 1926 and ended on 7 January 1989)

   昭和 (しょうわ)元年 (がんねん) ― Shōwa gannen ― the first year of Shōwa (1926 in the Gregorian calendar)

2. a placename, especially of a ward in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture

Usage notes

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

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 昭和維新 (しょうわいしん) (Shōwa Ishin)
• 昭和基地 (しょうわきち) (Shōwa Kichi)
• 昭和恐慌 (しょうわきょうこう) (Shōwa Kyōkō)
• 昭和研究 (しょうわけんきゅう)会 (かい) (Shōwa Kenkyūkai)
• 昭和元 (しょうわげん)祿 (ろく) (Shōwa Genroku)
• 昭和新山 (しょうわしんざん) (Shōwa Shinzan)
• 昭和 (しょうわ)通 (どお)り (Shōwa-dōri)
• 昭和 (しょうわ)の日 (ひ) (Shōwa no Hi)

Descendants

• → English: Showa, Shōwa
• → Chinese:
  • Mandarin: 昭和 (Zhāohé)
• → Korean: 쇼와 (Syowa)
• → Vietnamese: Showa, Chiêu Hòa

See also

• 大 (たい)正 (しょう) (Taishō): era preceding the Shōwa era
• 平成 (へいせい) (Heisei): era following the Shōwa era

References

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

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
昭	和

Proper noun

昭和

1. Hán tự form of Chiêu Hòa (“Shōwa era of Japanese history”).