東京

See also: 东京
Contents
Chinese
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Derived terms
Descendants
Noun
Descendants
Japanese
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Derived terms
Descendants
See also
Noun
Coordinate terms
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Derived terms
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Derived terms
References
Korean
Proper noun
Okinawan
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
References
Vietnamese
Proper noun
Chinese

capital;
Pronunciation east Beijing
(abbrev.)

Mandarin
trad. 東京) 東
( 京
(东京) 东 京
(Pinyin): Dōngjīng
(Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄥ
ㄐㄧㄥ simp.

Cantonese (Jyutping): dung1 ging1

Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Tûng-kîn
Min Dong (BUC): Dĕ̤ng-gĭng
Min Nan

(Hokkien, POJ): Tang-kiaⁿ

(Teochew, Peng'im): dang1 gian1

Wu (Wiktionary): ton jin (T1)

Mandarin
(Standard Chinese)

Pinyin: Dōngjīng

Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥ
ㄐㄧㄥ
Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Dongjing
Tongyong Pinyin: Dongjing

Sinological IPA (key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵/

Homophones:
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東京∕东京 edit

東經∕东经
Cantonese
(Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)

Jyutping: dung1
ging1
Yale: dūng gīng
Cantonese Pinyin: dung1 ging1
Guangdong Romanization: dung1 ging1
Sinological IPA (key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ kɪŋ⁵⁵/
Homophones:

東京∕东京 edit

東經∕东经
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/

Min Dong
(Fuzhou)

Bàng-uâ-cê: Dĕ̤ ng-gĭng

Sinological IPA (key): /tøyŋ⁵⁵

(k-)ŋiŋ⁵⁵/

Min Nan
(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
(Shanghainese)

Wiktionary: ton jin (T1)

Sinological IPA (key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕɪɲ²¹/

Middle Chinese: /tuŋ kˠiæŋ/

 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

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 dōng jīng
Reflex

Old Chinese

(Baxter–Sagart): /*tˤoŋ[k]raŋ/
(Zhengzhang): /*toːŋ kraŋ/
 Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014 (http://ocbaxtersagart.lsait.lsa.u
mich.edu/))

Character 東 京
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing dōng jīng
(Pinyin)

Middle
‹ tuwng › ‹ kjæng ›
Chinese

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
Reading # 1/1
No. 2435
Phonetic
component
東
Rime
group
東
Rime
0
subdivision

Corresponding
MC rime
東
Old
Chinese
/*toːŋ/

種（種籽）初⽂，甲⾦⽂象種⽪甲坼萌⽣根芽
Notes
參敕字陳字注
Proper noun

東京
1. (〜都) Tokyo (a prefecture, the capital city of Japan)
2. Old name for 開封∕开封 (kāifēng).
 3. Old name for 河內∕河内 (Hénèi).
4. (historical) Tonkin

Derived terms

東京灣∕东京湾 東京薯∕东京薯
Descendants
Sino-Xenic (東京
):
とうけい
→ Japanese: 東 京 (Tōkei)
Noun

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

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (東京
):
とうきょう
→ Japanese: 東 京 (tōkyō)
Japanese

Etymology 1

/tou kjau/ → /toːkjɔː/ → /toːkjoː/ Kanji in this term

Derived from Middle Chinese elements東 (MC tuŋ) and 京 (MC kˠiæŋ). 東 京
The city of Tokyo was renamed from 江⼾ (Edo) in 1868 after Emperor Meiji moved the とう きょう
capital from Kyoto. Grade: 2 Grade: 2

kan’on goon
Pronunciation
On’yomi

(Tokyo) とーきょー [tòókyóó] (Heiban – [0])

IPA(key): [to̞ːkʲo̞ː]
Audio (file)

Proper noun
とうきょう
東 京 • (Tōkyō) (historical kana とうきやう)
1. Tokyo (a prefecture, the capital city of Japan, consisting of 23 special wards)
きのう とうきょう くも
昨⽇、東 京は曇りでしたか。
Kinō, Tōkyō wa kumori deshita ka.
Was it cloudy in Tokyo yesterday?

2. Short for 東京都 (Tōkyō-to) the capital prefecture of Japan

3. Short for 東京駅 (Tōkyō-eki): Tokyo Station
4. (historical) Short for 東京府 (Tōkyō-fu): the historical Tokyo Prefecture from 1868–1943
5. a surname

Derived terms
Derived terms
とうきょうさいばん とうきょうてんもんだい
とうきょうえき
東 京 駅 (Tōkyō-eki) 東 京 裁 判 (Tōkyō
Saiban)
東 京 天 ⽂ 台 (Tōkyō
Tenmondai)
とうきょうおん ど とうきょうしき とうきょう と
東 京 ⾳ 頭 (Tōkyō 東 京 式アクセント 東 京 都 (Tōkyō-to)
Ondo)
(Tōkyō-shiki akusento) とうぎょう しとね
とうぎょう き
東 京 錦 (tōgyōki) とうきょうしょうけんとりひきじょ
東 京 証 券取引所 東 京の
shitone)
茵 (tōgyō no
とうきょうぎんこう とうきょう ふ
東 京 銀 ⾏ (Tōkyō (Tōkyō Shōken Torihikijo)
とうきょうじん 東 京 府 (Tōkyō-fu)
Ginkō)
東 京 ⼈ (Tōkyō-jin) とうきょうべん
とうきょうけん
東 京 圏 (Tōkyō-ken) とうきょう
東 京スカイツリー 東 京 弁 (Tōkyō-ben)
トウキョウ ホ タテガイ
とうきょう ご
東 京 語 (Tōkyō-go) (Tōkyō Sukaitsurī)
トウキョウ ダルマ ガエル
東 京 帆 ⽴ ⾙ (Tōkyō
とうきょうこう
東 京 港 (Tōkyō-kō) 東 京 達磨 蛙 (Tōkyō
hotategai)
とうきょうもの
とうきょうこと ば
darumagaeru)
とうきょう
東 京 者 (Tōkyō-mono)
とうきょうわん
東 京 ⾔ 葉 (Tōkyō 東 京タワー (Tōkyō 東 京 湾 (Tōkyō-wan)
kotoba) Tawā) にしとうきょう
とうきょう ご りん
東 京 五 輪 (Tōkyō ⻄ 東 京 (Nishitōkyō)
Gorin)

Descendants
Descendants

→ German: Tokio → Korean: 동경 (Donggyeong)

→ English: Tokyo → Dutch: Tokio
→ Spanish: Tokio → Portuguese: Tóquio
→ French: Tokyo → Russian: То́кио (Tókio)
 → Vietnamese: Đông Kinh

See also
えど
江⼾ (Edo)
トンキン
ペ キン
(Tonkin)

北なん京きん(Pekin, “Beijing”)
南 京 (Nankin, “Nanjing”)
Noun
とうきょう
東 京 • (tōkyō) (historical kana とうきやう)
1. (historical) an eastern capital

1603–1604, Nippo Jisho (page 663)[1]

Tôqiǒ. トゥキャゥ
(東京) Figaxino miyaco. (東の都)
東の地⽅の都 (Miaco).

Coordinate terms
さいきょう
⻄ 京 (saikyō, “western capital”)
なんきょう
南 京 (nankyō, “southern capital”)
ほっきょう
北 京 (hokkyō, “northern capital”)
Etymology 2

From Middle Chinese 東京 (MC tuŋ kˠiæŋ). Kanji in this term

The alternate pronunciation for Tokyo appears to be prevalent in the early- to mid-Meiji
period.
東 京
とう けい
Grade: 2 Grade: 2
Pronunciation
kan’on
On’yomi: Kan’on

(Tokyo) とーけー [tòókéé] (Heiban – [0])

IPA(key): [to̞ːke̞ː]

Proper noun
とうけい
東 京 • (Tōkei)
1. (historical) the capital of 東漢
(Tōkan, “Eastern Han”) or
corresponds to modern Luoyang
後漢 (Gokan, “Later Han”),
2. (historical) the capital of 北宋 (Hokusō, “Northern Song”), corresponds to modern Kaifeng
3. (historical) the eastern capital of the Jurchen Jin dynasty, corresponds to modern Liaoyang
4. (historical) the capital of Yongwon province in Balhae during the Tang dynasty
5. (historical) Dated spelling of とうきょう (Tōkyō) above
Derived terms
とうけいじん
東 京 ⼈ (Tōkei-jin)
Etymology 3

Borrowing from Vietnamese 東京 (Đông Kinh, “Eastern capital”), a historical name for Kanji in this term

東 京
(+)
Hanoi. (Can this etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation
とん きん
Grade: 2 Grade: 2
(Irregular reading)

(Tokyo) トンキン [tóꜜǹkìǹ] (Atamadaka – [1]) Irregular tōon

IPA(key): [tõ̞ŋʲkʲĩɴ]

Proper noun
トンキン
東 京 • (Tonkin)
1. (historical) Tonkin (northern region of Vietnam)

Derived terms
トンキンにしき
東京 錦 (Tonkin nishiki)

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

Korean
Proper noun Hanja in this term

東京 • (Donggyeong) (hangeul 동경) 東 京

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

Okinawan
Kanji in this term
Etymology

From Japanese 東京 (Tōkyō). 東 京

とー ちょー
Grade: 2 Grade: 2
Pronunciation
on’yomi
IPA(key): /toːt͡ɕoː/

Proper noun

東京 (hiragana とーちょー, rōmaji Tōchō)

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

References

“とーちょー【東京】 (https://www.jlect.com/entry/749/toochoo/)” in JLect - Japonic Languages

and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.
“トーチョー (http://ryukyu-lang.lib.u-ryukyu.ac.jp/srnh/details.php?ID=22565)” in Okinawa
Center of Language Study, Shuri-Naha Dialect Dictionary.
沖縄語辞典 (Okinawago Jiten, “Okinawan Dictionary”)
hp?id=100140005), 1963
[1] (http://db3.ninjal.ac.jp/publication_db/item.p

Vietnamese
Hán tự in this term
Proper noun

東京 東 京
 1. Hán tự form of Đông Kinh (“former name of Hanoi, Tonkin; Tokyo”).

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