千古不易

Japanese

Kanji in this term
千 古 不 易
せん
Grade: 1 		こ
Grade: 2 		ふ
Grade: 4 		えき
Grade: 5
on'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 千古 (“eternity”) +‎ 不易 (“unchanging”)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) せんこふえき [séꜜǹkòfùèkì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1] incorrectly approximated by the cited dictionary's restrictively simplistic single-accent style
  • IPA(key): [sẽ̞ŋko̞ɸɯ̟e̞kʲi]

Noun

千(せん)古(こ)不(ふ)易(えき) • (senko fueki) 

  1. eternally unchanging
    Synonyms: 万古不易, 万世不易, 万代不易
    千古不易(せんこふえき)の真理(しんり)
    senko fueki no shinri
    the unchanging truth

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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