東京

See also: 东京

Chinese[edit]

		east	capital; Beijing (abbrev.)
trad. (東京)		東	京
simp. (东京)		东	京

Wikipedia has articles on:

東京 (消歧義) (Written Standard Chinese^?)
東京 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
東京 (搞清楚) (Cantonese)
東京 (Cantonese)
東京都 (Classical)
東京 (Gan)
Tûng-kîn (Hakka)
Dŭng-gĭng (Eastern Min)
Tang-kiaⁿ (Southern Min)
東京 (Wu)

Pronunciation[edit]

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Dōngjīng

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄥㄐㄧㄥ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): dung¹ ging¹

(Taishan, Wiktionary): uung¹ gen¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): Tûng-kîn

(Meixian, Guangdong): dung¹ gin¹
Eastern Min (BUC): Dĕ̤ng-gĭng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): Tang-kiaⁿ

(Teochew, Peng'im): dang¹ gian¹
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ¹ton-cin

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Dōngjīng
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥㄐㄧㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Dongjing
  - Wade–Giles: Tung¹-ching¹
  - Yale: Dūng-jīng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Dongjing
  - Palladius: Дунцзин (Dunczin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: dung¹ ging¹
  - Yale: dūng gīng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dung¹ ging¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: dung¹ ging¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ kɪŋ⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    東京／东京
    東經／东经
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: uung¹ gen¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɵŋ³³ ken³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Tûng-kîn
  - Hakka Romanization System: dung´ gin´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: dung¹ gin¹
  - Sinological IPA: /tuŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ kin²⁴/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: dung¹ gin¹
  - Sinological IPA: /tʊŋ⁴⁴ kin⁴⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: Dĕ̤ng-gĭng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tøyŋ⁵⁵ ^(k-)ŋiŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tang-kiaⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: Tang-kiann
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dangkviaf
  - IPA (Xiamen): /taŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kiã⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /taŋ³³ kiã³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /taŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kiã⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /taŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kiã⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /taŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kiã⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: dang¹ gian¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tang kiaⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taŋ³³⁻²³ kĩã³³/
Wu
- (Shanghai):
  - Wugniu: ¹ton-cin
  - MiniDict: ton^平 cin
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹ton-jin
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /toŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕin²¹/

Middle Chinese: tuwng kjaeng

Rime
Character	東	京
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	端 (5)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	東 (1)	庚 (111)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	德紅切	舉卿切
Baxter	tuwng	kjaeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tuŋ/	/kˠiæŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/tuŋ/	/kᵚiaŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/tuŋ/	/kiaŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/təwŋ/	/kiajŋ/
Li Rong	/tuŋ/	/kiɐŋ/
Wang Li	/tuŋ/	/kĭɐŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/tuŋ/	/ki̯ɐŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dōng	jīng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	dung¹	ging¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*tˤoŋ [k]raŋ/

(Zhengzhang): /*toːŋ kraŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	東	京
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	dōng	jīng
Middle Chinese	‹ tuwng ›	‹ kjæng ›
Old Chinese	/tˁoŋ/ (< tˁoŋʔ ?)	/*[k]raŋ/
English	east	hill; capital city
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	東	京
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	2435	6828
Phonetic component	東	京
Rime group	東	陽
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	東	驚
Old Chinese	/*toːŋ/	/*kraŋ/
Notes	種（種籽）初文，甲金文象種皮甲坼萌生根芽，參敕字陳字注

This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!
Particularly: “10:30 台山话节目《得闲倾偈》第1期 [2]”

Proper noun[edit]

東京

(～都) Tokyo (a prefecture, the capital city of Japan)
Old name for 開封／开封 (Kāifēng).
Old name for 河內／河内 (Hénèi).
(history) Tonkin

Derived terms[edit]

東京審判／东京审判 (Dōngjīng Shěnpàn)
東京灣／东京湾 (Dōngjīngwān)
東京薯／东京薯
西東京／西东京 (Xīdōngjīng)

Descendants[edit]

Sino-Xenic (東京):

→ Japanese: 東京(とうけい) (Tōkei)

Noun[edit]

東京

(historical) the eastern capital (in situations where dual capitals existed)

Descendants[edit]

Sino-Xenic (東京):

→ Japanese: 東京(とうきょう) (tōkyō)
→ Vietnamese: Đông Kinh (東京)

Japanese[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Kanji in this term
東	京
とう Grade: 2	きょう Grade: 2
kan’on	goon

Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:

東京

Wikipedia ^ja

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Tokyo

Wikipedia

/tou kʲau/ → /toːkʲɔː/ → /toːkʲoː/

Compound of Middle Chinese-derived elements 東 (tō, “east, eastern”) +‎ 京 (kyō, “capital”).

The city of Tokyo was renamed from 江戸 (Edo) in 1868 after Emperor Meiji moved the capital from Kyoto.

Pronunciation[edit]

(Tokyo) とーきょー [tòókyóó] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [to̞ːkʲo̞ː]
Audio (file)

Proper noun[edit]

東(とう)京(きょう) • (Tōkyō) ^{←とうきやう (toukyau)^?}

Tokyo (a prefecture, the capital city of Japan, consisting of 23 special wards)
昨日(きのう)、東(とう)京(きょう)は曇(くも)りでしたか。
Kinō, Tōkyō wa kumori deshita ka.
Was it cloudy in Tokyo yesterday?
Short for 東京都 (Tōkyō-to): the capital prefecture of Japan
Short for 東京駅 (Tōkyō-eki): Tokyo Station
(historical) Short for 東京府 (Tōkyō-fu): the historical Tokyo Prefecture from 1868–1943
a surname

Derived terms[edit]

Derived terms

Descendants[edit]

Descendants

→ Dutch: Tokio
→ English: Tokyo
→ Finnish: Tokio
→ French: Tokyo
→ German: Tokio
→ Khmer: តូក្យូ (toukyou)
→ Korean: 동경 (Donggyeong)
→ Norwegian Bokmål: Tokyo
→ Portuguese: Tóquio
→ Russian: То́кио (Tókio)
→ Spanish: Tokio
→ Vietnamese: Đông Kinh

Noun[edit]

東(とう)京(きょう) • (tōkyō) ^{←とうきやう (toukyau)^?}

(historical) an eastern capital
- 1603–1604, Nippo Jisho, page 663:
  ^[1]
  Tôqiǒ. トゥキャゥ (東京) Figaxi no miyaco. (東の都) 東の地方の都 (Miaco).
  Tokio: East[ern] city; a [capital] city on the eastern region (Meaco).

Coordinate terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Kanji in this term
東	京
とう Grade: 2	けい Grade: 2
kan’on

From Middle Chinese 東京 (MC tuwng kjaeng).

The alternate pronunciation for Tokyo appears to be prevalent in the early- to mid-Meiji period.

Pronunciation[edit]

(Tokyo) とーけー [tòókéé] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [to̞ːke̞ː]

Proper noun[edit]

東(とう)京(けい) • (Tōkei)

(historical) the capital of 東漢 (Tōkan, “Eastern Han”) or 後漢 (Gokan, “Later Han”), corresponds to modern Luoyang
(historical) the capital of 北宋 (Hokusō, “Northern Song”), corresponds to modern Kaifeng
(historical) the eastern capital of the Jurchen Jin dynasty, corresponds to modern Liaoyang
(historical) the capital of Yongwon province in Balhae during the Tang dynasty
(historical) Dated spelling of とうきょう (Tōkyō) above

Derived terms[edit]

東(とう)京(けい)人(じん) (Tōkei-jin)

Etymology 3[edit]

Kanji in this term
東	京
とん Grade: 2	きん Grade: 2
sōon	tōon

Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:

トンキン

Wikipedia ^ja

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Tonkin

Wikipedia

Borrowing from Vietnamese 東京 (Đông Kinh, literally “Eastern capital”), a historical name for Hanoi. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation[edit]

(Tokyo) トンキン [tóꜜǹkìǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [tõ̞ŋʲkʲĩɴ]

Proper noun[edit]

東京(トンキン) • (Tonkin)

(historical) Tonkin (northern region of Vietnam)

Derived terms[edit]

東(トン)京(キン)錦(にしき) (Tonkin nishiki)

References[edit]

^ Doi, Tadao (1603–1604) Hōyaku Nippo Jisho (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, published 1980, →ISBN.

Korean[edit]

Hanja in this term
東	京

Proper noun[edit]

東京 • (Donggyeong) (hangeul 동경)

Hanja form^? of 동경 (“alternative name of Tokyo”).

Okinawan[edit]

Kanji in this term
東	京
とー Grade: 2	ちょー Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology[edit]

From Japanese 東京 (Tōkyō).

Pronunciation[edit]

(Shuri-Naha) とーちょー [tóꜜòchòò] (Kakō - [1])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [toːt͡ɕoː]

Proper noun[edit]

東(とー)京(ちょー) (Tōchō)

Tokyo (a prefecture, the capital city of Japan, consisting of 23 special wards)
東京(とーちょー)んかい行(い)ち欲(ぶ)さん。
Tōchō-nkai ichibusan.
(I) want to go to Tokyo.

References[edit]

^ “トーチョー” in Okinawa Center of Language Study, Shuri-Naha Dialect Dictionary (archived; reopens 2024).^{(permanent dead link)}
^ 沖縄語辞典 (Okinawago Jiten, “Okinawan Dictionary”)‎^[1], 1963

“とーちょー【東京】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.

Vietnamese[edit]

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
東	京

Proper noun[edit]

東京

chữ Hán form of Đông Kinh (“former name of Hanoi, Tonkin; Tokyo”).

[1] Doi, Tadao (1603–1604) Hōyaku Nippo Jisho (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, published 1980, →ISBN.

[2] “トーチョー” in Okinawa Center of Language Study, Shuri-Naha Dialect Dictionary (archived; reopens 2024).^{(permanent dead link)}

[3] 沖縄語辞典 (Okinawago Jiten, “Okinawan Dictionary”)‎^[1], 1963

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