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)

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