陰陽寮

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
陰	陽	寮
おん Grade: S	よう Grade: 3	りょう Grade: S
goon

陰陽 (“yin-yang”) +‎ 寮 (“department”)

Proper noun

陰(おん)陽(よう)寮(りょう) • (On'yōryō) 

1. (history, government, astronomy, divination) a 律令 (ritsuryō) department under the 中務省 (Nakatsukasashō, “Ministry of the Center”), responsible for astronomical, timekeeping and divination affairs

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
陰	陽	寮
おん Grade: S	よう(の) Grade: 3	つかさ Grade: S
on'yomi		kun'yomi

陰陽 (“yin-yang”) +‎ の (genitive marker) +‎ 寮 (“office”)

Proper noun

陰(おん)陽(ようの)寮(つかさ) • (On'yō no Tsukasa) 

1. (history, government, astronomy, divination) a 律令 (ritsuryō) department under the 中務省 (Nakatsukasashō, “Ministry of the Center”), responsible for astronomical, timekeeping and divination affairs

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
陰	陽	寮
うら(の)		つかさ Grade: S
Grade: S	Grade: 3
jukujikun		kun'yomi

占 (ura, “divination”) +‎ の (no, genitive marker) +‎ 寮 (tsukasa, “office”)

Proper noun

陰陽(うらの)寮(つかさ) • (Ura no Tsukasa) 

1. (history, government, astronomy, divination) a 律令 (ritsuryō) department under the 中務省 (Nakatsukasashō, “Ministry of the Center”), responsible for astronomical, timekeeping and divination affairs