平城京

Japanese

Kanji in this term
平	城	京
へい Grade: 3	じょう Grade: 4	きょう Grade: 2
kan'on	goon	kan'on

Kanji in this term
平	城	京
へい Grade: 3	せい > ぜい Grade: 4	きょう Grade: 2
kan'on

Etymology

Likely a rewording of 奈良の都 (Nara no miyako, literally “Nara capital”); with 平城 (Heijō, Heizei) and 京 (kyō) being alternative spellings of 奈良 (Nara) and 都 (miyako), respectively. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Proper noun

平(へい)城(じょう)京(きょう) • (Heijō-kyō) ^{←へいじやうきやう (Feizyau-kyau)?} or 平(へい)城(ぜい)京(きょう) • (Heizei-kyō) ^{←へいぜいきやう (Feizei-kyau)?}

1. (historical) Nara, as the capital of ancient Japan during most of the Nara period

   Synonyms: 南都 (Nanto), 平城 (Heijō)

See also

• 平(へい)城(じょう)宮(きゅう) (Heijō-kyū)
• 平(へい)安(あん)京(きょう) (Heian-kyō)