正月
Chinese
first; principal | moon; month | ||
---|---|---|---|
simp. and trad. (正月) |
正 | 月 |
Etymology
According to Guangyun () and Zhu Xi (朱熹) (), the character 正 here was originally pronounced zhèng (like 政); according to Zhang Shoujie (張守節); its special pronunciation zhēng (like 征) originated from the naming taboo on Qin Shi Huang's real name 嬴政 (Yíng Zhèng) ().
Sagart (2023) instead proposes that actually 正 here wrote 隻 (OC *tek, “one”), in context where the latter's coda *-k had been nasalized by the onset of 月 (OC *[ŋ]ʷat). He reconstructs underlying *tek-ŋʷat, whence *teŋ-ŋʷat, whose appropriate readable form was 正月.
Pronunciation
Noun
正月
- the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar
- 正月季春元日乙丑:余畜孫書也擇其吉金以作鑄缶。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: circa 6th century BCE, Inscription on 欒書缶 Luan Shu's fou, transcribed and translated by Caboara (2010:12).[1]
- Zhēngyuè jìchūn yuánrì yǐchǒu: yú xù sūn Shū yě zé qí jíjīn yǐ zuò zhù fǒu. [Pinyin]
- In the third month of spring, first month (of the year), first day of Yichou, I the pious grandson, Shu, selected those solid metals to cast a fou-barrel.
正月季春元日乙丑:余畜孙书也择其吉金以作铸缶。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]- 正月繁霜、我心憂傷。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Zhēngyuè fán shuāng, wǒ xīn yōushāng. [Pinyin]
- In the first month the hoar-frost abounds, and my heart is wounded with sorrow.
正月繁霜、我心忧伤。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]
- (Xiamen Hokkien) first three days of the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar
- (dated) January
Synonyms
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
---|---|
正 | 月 |
しょう Grade: 1 |
がつ Grade: 1 |
goon | kan’yōon |
Alternative forms
- お正月 (o-shōgatsu)
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 正月 (MC tsyeng ngjwot)
Pronunciation
Synonyms
- (New Year):
References
- 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
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.