御門

Chinese

		defend; imperial; to drive	opening; door; gate opening; door; gate; doorway; gateway; valve; switch; way to do something; knack; family; house; (religious) sect; school (of thought); class; category; (taxonomy) phylum or division
trad. (御門)		御	門
simp. (御门)		御	门

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yùmén

(Zhuyin): ㄩˋ ㄇㄣˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yùmén
  - Zhuyin: ㄩˋ ㄇㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yùmén
  - Wade–Giles: yü⁴-mên²
  - Yale: yù-mén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuhmen
  - Palladius: юймэнь (jujmɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹ mən³⁵/

Verb

御門

(literary, of a Qing dynasty emperor) to handle matters of state at the palace gate

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
御	門
み Grade: S	かど Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
帝

From 御(み) (mi-, honorific prefix) + 門(かど) (kado, “gate”); literally "the honorable gate", that is, the gate of the Japanese imperial palace.

The term was once used metonymically for the main occupant of the palace, thereby avoiding naming him directly, which was considered disrespectful. Compare Sublime Porte as a term for the Ottoman court and government, and pharaoh (from Egyptian pr-ꜥꜣ (“palace, pharaoh”, literally “great house”)) as a term for the Egyptian king.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) みかど [mìkádó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [mʲika̠do̞]

(Kyoto, Osaka) みかど (Kōki – [0])

Noun

御(み)門(かど) • (mikado)

mikado (emperor of Japan)
emperor

Derived terms

帝(ミカド)揚(アゲ)羽(ハ) (mikado ageha, “Graphium doson”)
帝雉(ミカドキジ) (mikado kiji)

Descendants

→ Dutch: mikado
→ English: mikado
→ Esperanto: mikado
→ French: mikado
→ German: Mikado
→ Hungarian: mikádó
→ Portuguese: micado
→ Romanian: mikado
→ Spanish: mikado

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
御	門
ご Grade: S	もん Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɡo̞mõ̞ɴ]

Noun

御(ご)門(もん) • (gomon)

(sonkeigo, honorific) a gate, especially that of the Imperial Palace

References

^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

“^△御門”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

[SMK7-1] Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[DJR-2] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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