日立

Chinese
 
day; sun; date
day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)
 set up; to stand
simp. and trad.
(日立)		 日 立

Pronunciation

Proper noun

日立

  1. Hitachi, a Japanese company
  2. (～市) Hitachi, a city in Ibaraki prefecture, Japan

Japanese

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
日 立
ひ
Grade: 1		 たち > だち
Grade: 1
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
日立ち
肥立ち
肥立

連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 日立つ (hidatsu), itself a compound of 日 (hi, “sun, day”) +‎ 立つ (tatsu, “stand; pass (as in time); depart, go away”). The tatsu changes to datsu as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Possible cognate with Korean 해돋이 (haedoji, “sunrise”), a compound of 해 (hae, “sun”) +‎ 돋다 (dotda, “rise; grow”).

Sometimes spelled 肥立, replacing 日 (hi, “day”, a 訓読み (kun'yomi, “native Japanese reading”)) with 肥 (hi, “manure”, a 音読み (on'yomi, “Sino-Japanese reading”)).

Pronunciation

Noun

日(ひ)立(だち) • (hidachi) 

  1. growth as the days pass
  2. physical recovery day by day from an illness or after childbirth
Usage notes

The alternative forms 肥立ち and 肥立 are generally reserved for the latter sense of physical recovery, possibly from the sense of "manure going away" leading to "feeling better".

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
日 立
ひ
Grade: 1		 たち
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

The name of various places, titles, and companies in Japan.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [çita̠t͡ɕi]

Proper noun

日(ひ)立(たち) • (Hitachi) 

  1. Hitachi, a Japanese company
  2. Hitachi (a city in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan)
  3. Hitachi Province, a former region in Japan, roughly equivalent to modern-day Ibaraki prefecture
    Synonym: 常陸 (Hitachi)
  4. an imperial title, granted to Prince Hitachi and Princess Hitachi

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
  3. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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