永久

Chinese

forever; always; perpetual(ly) (long) time; (long) duration of time
simp. and trad.
(永久)
永 久

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 永 久
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 云 (35) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 庚 (112) 尤 (136)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 于憬切 舉有切
Baxter hjwaengX kjuwX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦˠwiæŋX/ /kɨuX/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦʷᵚiaŋX/ /kiuX/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣiuaŋX/ /kiəuX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦwiajŋX/ /kuwX/
Li
Rong
/ɣiuɐŋX/ /kiuX/
Wang
Li
/ɣĭwɐŋX/ /kĭəuX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/i̯wɐŋX/ /ki̯ə̯uX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yǒng jiǔ
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
wing5 gau2
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 永 久
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
yǒng jiǔ
Middle
Chinese
‹ hjwængX › ‹ kjuwX ›
Old
Chinese
/*[ɢ]ʷraŋʔ/ /*[k]ʷəʔ/
English long (time) a long time

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 永 久
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 15423 6969
Phonetic
component
永 久
Rime
group
陽 之
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
永 久
Old
Chinese
/*ɢʷraŋʔ/ /*kʷlɯʔ/

Adjective

永久

  1. permanent; long-lasting; eternal

Synonyms

Antonyms

Derived terms

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
永 久
えい
Grade: 5
きゅう
Grade: 5
on’yomi

Adjective

永(えい)久(きゅう) • (eikyū) ←えいきう (eikiu)?-na (adnominal 永(えい)久(きゅう)な (eikyū na), adverbial 永(えい)久(きゅう)に (eikyū ni))

  1. eternal
Inflection

Noun

永(えい)久(きゅう) • (eikyū) ←えいきう (eikiu)?

  1. permanence; continuing forever; being timeless; being eternally unchanging; eternity
Synonyms

Proper noun

永(えい)久(きゅう) • (Eikyū) ←えいきう (eikiu)?

  1. the Eikyū era, 1113–1118
See also

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
永 久
とわ
Grade: 5 Grade: 5
jukujikun
For pronunciation and definitions of 永久 – see the following entry.
【とわ】
[adjective] constant, permanent, everlasting
[noun] eternity
[noun] constancy, permanence, everlastingness
Alternative spellings
永遠, 常
(This term, 永久, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
永 久
とこしえ
Grade: 5 Grade: 5
jukujikun
For pronunciation and definitions of 永久 – see the following entry.
【とこしえ】
[adjective] eternal, permanent
[noun] eternity, permanence
Alternative spellings
常しえ, 長しえ, 永久しえ
(This term, 永久, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term
永 久
とこしなえ
Grade: 5 Grade: 5
jukujikun
For pronunciation and definitions of 永久 – see the following entry.
【とこしなえ】
[adjective] the way in which something continues unchanged for a long period of time; eternal, everlasting
[noun] This term needs a translation to English.
Alternative spellings
常しなえ, 長しなえ
(This term, 永久, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
永久

Noun

永久 • (yeonggu) (hangeul 영구)

  1. Hanja form? of 영구.

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
永久

Adjective

永久

  1. chữ Hán form of vĩnh cửu (“everlasting”).
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