大君

大君

1. (literary) Son of Heaven; the Emperor
2. (literary) eldest son

Compound of Old Japanese - elements 大 (ō, “great, big, large”) +‎ 君 (kimi, “lord, lady”).[1][2]

Sometimes pronounced in modern Japanese as ōgimi.[1][2] The kimi changes to gimi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) おおき​み [òókíꜜmì] (Nakadaka – [3])[2][3]
  • (Tokyo) おおきみ [òókímí] (Heiban – [0])[2][3]
  • (Tokyo) お​おきみ [óꜜòkìmì] (Atamadaka – [1])[3]
  • IPA^(key): [o̞ːkʲimʲi]

大君 (hiragana おおきみ, rōmaji ōkimi, historical hiragana おほきみ)

1. (honorific) the emperor, His Majesty
2. (honorific) a descendant of the emperor, such as a prince or princess
3. (honorific) a member of the petty nobility
4. (honorific) someone of high status
5. (honorific) one's lord or master

Compound of Old Japanese - elements 大 (ōi, “great, big, large”) +‎ 君 (kimi).[1][2] The kimi changes to gimi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

• Kun’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [o̞ːiɡʲimʲi]

大君 (hiragana おおいぎみ, rōmaji ōigimi, historical hiragana おほいぎみ)

1. (obsolete, honorific) the eldest daughter of a noble family

From Middle Chinese 大君 (MC dɑi^H kɨun, “big, great + lord”). The kan'on, so likely a later borrowing. Compare modern Mandarin 大君 (dàjūn, “emperor, lord; god, divinity; eldest son”).

• On’yomi: Kan’on
  • (Tokyo) た​いくん [táꜜìkùǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])[2]
  • IPA^(key): [ta̠ikɯ̟̃ᵝɴ]

大君 (hiragana たいくん, rōmaji taikun)

1. (honorific) a lord
2. (honorific) an imperial prince
3. during the Edo period, an alternative title for the 将軍 (shōgun) of the Tokugawa government, used in communications with other countries
4. in ancient China, a title given to a royal heir

• English: tycoon
  • German: Tycoon
• German: Taikun m
• Serbo-Croatian: tajkun