女帝

Japanese
Kanji in this term
女 帝
じょ
Grade: 1		 てい
Grade: S
kan’on
Kanji in this term
女 帝
にょ
Grade: 1		 たい
Grade: S
goon

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) にょたい [nyòtáí] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [ɲ̟o̞ta̠i]

Noun

女(じょ)帝(てい) or 女(にょ)帝(たい) • (jotei or nyotai) ←ぢよてい (dyotei)?

  1. an empress regnant, especially a non-East Asian one
  2. (tarot) The Empress

Usage notes

According to Jinnō Shōtōki (神皇正統記) by Kitabatake Chikafusa (北畠親房), 1339, 女帝 is pronounced as によたい (nyotai).

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References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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