平城京

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
へい
Grade: 3
じょう
Grade: 4
きょう
Grade: 2
kan'on goon kan'on
Kanji in this term
へい
Grade: 3
せい > ぜい
Grade: 4
きょう
Grade: 2
kan'on
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Etymology

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

Proper noun

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(へい)(じょう)(きょう) (Heijō-kyōへいじやうきやう (Feizyau-kyau)? or (へい)(ぜい)(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

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