今上天皇

Japanese

Kanji in this term
今	上	天	皇
きん Grade: 2	しょう > じょう Grade: 1	てん Grade: 1	おう > のう Grade: 6
kan'on		goon

Etymology

今上(きんじょう) (kinjō) + 天皇(てんのう) (tennō). The former part is borrowed from Middle Chinese 今上 (MC kim dzyangX).

The shō changes to jō as an instance of rendaku (連濁); also read kinshō without rendaku in older texts.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) きんじょーてんのー [kìńjóó téńnóꜜò] (Nakadaka – [7])
• IPA^(key): [kʲĩɲ̟d͡ʑo̞ː tẽ̞nːo̞ː]

Noun

今(きん)上(じょう)天(てん)皇(のう) • (Kinjō Tennō) ^{←きんじやうてんわう (kinzyauten'wau)?}

1. (honorific) the Reigning Emperor: standard term of address to the present Emperor of Japan

   Synonyms: 今皇 (ima suberagi), 今上 (kinjō, konjō)

See also

• 天(てん)皇(のう)誕(たん)生(じょう)日(び) (Tennō Tanjōbi)
• 天(てん)皇(のう)陛(へい)下(か) (Tennō Heika)