千名

Japanese

Kanji in this term
千	名
ち Grade: 1	な Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 千 (chi, “thousand”) +‎ 名 (na, “name”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕina̠]

Noun

千(ち)名(な) • (china) 

1. various rumours
   • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 4, poem 731:

     吾(わが)名(な)者(は)毛(も)　千名(ちな)之(の)五百名(いほな)尓(に)　雖(たちぬ)立(とも)　君(きみ)之(が)名(な)立者(たたば)　惜(をしみ)社(こそ)泣(なけ) [Man'yōgana]

     我(わ)が名(な)はも　千名(ちな)の五百名(いほな)に　立(た)ちぬとも　君(きみ)が名立(なた)たば　惜(を)しみこそ泣(な)け [Modern spelling]

     wa ga na wa mo china no ihona ni tachinu tomo kimi ga na tataba oshimi koso nake

     Let my name be raised five hundred times, a thousand times, but if your name is raised, I cry with regret.