右衛門

Japanese

Pronunciation 1

Kanji in this term
右	衛	門
う Grade: 1	え Grade: 5	もん Grade: 2
goon

Alternative spelling
右衞門 (kyūjitai)

• (Tokyo) うえもん [ùémóń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɯ̟e̞mõ̞ɴ]

Proper noun

右(う)衛(え)門(もん) • (Uemon) ^{←うゑもん (Uwemon)?}

1. Clipping of 右衛門府 (Uemonfu).
2. a male given name

Pronunciation 2

/uwemon/ → /wemon/ → /emon/

Kanji in this term
右	衛	門
うえ > え		もん Grade: 2
Grade: 1	Grade: 5
irregular		goon

Alternative spelling
右衞門 (kyūjitai)

• (Tokyo) えもん [éꜜmòǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [e̞mõ̞ɴ]

Proper noun

右衛(え)門(もん) • (Emon) ^{←ゑもん (Wemon)?}

1. Clipping of 右衛門府 (Uemonfu).
2. (dated) a male given name

Suffix

右衛(え)門(もん) • (-emon) ^{←ゑもん (-wemon)?}

1. (dated) suffix for male given names

   五(ご)右衛(え)門(もん) (“Goemon”)

   源(げん)五(ご)右衛(え)門(もん) (“Gengoemon”)

   数(かず)右衛(え)門(もん) (“Kazuemon”)

See also

• 左(さ)衛(え)門(もん) (Saemon)