萬葉

See also: 万葉 and 万叶

Chinese

		ten thousand; a great number; surname	leaf; page
trad. (萬葉)		萬	葉
simp. (万叶)		万	叶

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wànyè

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˋ ㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maan⁶ jip⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wànyè
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˋ ㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wànyè
    • Wade–Giles: wan⁴-yeh⁴
    • Yale: wàn-yè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wannyeh
    • Palladius: ванье (vanʹje)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän⁵¹⁻⁵³ jɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maan⁶ jip⁶
    • Yale: maahn yihp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maan⁶ jip⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: man⁶ yib⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːn²² jiːp̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: mjonH yep

Rime
Character	萬	葉
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	元 (66)	葉 (155)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	無販切	與涉切
Baxter	mjonH	yep
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mʉɐnH/	/jiᴇp̚/
Pan Wuyun	/mʷiɐnH/	/jiɛp̚/
Shao Rongfen	/miuɐnH/	/jæp̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/muanH/	/jiap̚/
Li Rong	/miuɐnH/	/iɛp̚/
Wang Li	/mĭwɐnH/	/jĭɛp̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/mi̯wɐnH/	/i̯ɛp̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wàn	yè
Expected Cantonese Reflex	maan6	jip6

Noun

萬葉

1. (literary) ten thousand generations; generation after generation; eternity; forever

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (萬葉):

• → Japanese: 万(まん)葉(よう) (man'yō); 万(まん)葉(にょう) (mannyō)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
萬	葉
まん Jinmeiyō	よう > にょう Grade: 3
kan’yōon	on’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 萬葉 – see the following entry.

【万葉まんよう】 [noun] myriads of leaves [noun] (by extension) thousands of years, eternity [proper noun] Short for 万葉集 (Man'yōshū): the “Collection of Ten Thousand Leaves”, an anthology of Old Japanese poetry completed c. 759 CE [proper noun] a female given name 【万葉まんにょう】 [noun] (rare) myriads of leaves [noun] (by extension, rare) thousands of years, eternity [proper noun] (rare) Short for 万葉集 (Mannyōshū): the “Collection of Ten Thousand Leaves”, an anthology of Old Japanese poetry completed c. 759 CE 【万葉かずは】 [proper noun] a female given name Alternative spellings かずよ, まずは, まは, まや, まよ, まよう, まんは, みつよ 【万葉ばんば】 [proper noun] a surname Alternative spelling まんば

(This term, 萬葉, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)