Chinese

Proper noun

日立

1. Hitachi, a Japanese company
2. Hitachi, a city in Ibaraki prefecture
3. Hitachi Province, a former region in Japan

Japanese

Etymology 1

Noun stem of verb 日立つ ‎(hidatsu), itself a compound of 日 ‎(hi, “sun, day”) +‎ 立つ ‎(tatsu, “stand; pass (as in time); depart, go away”). The tatsu changes to datsu as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Sometimes spelled 肥立, replacing 日 ‎(hi, “day”, kun'yomi) with 肥 ‎(hi, “manure”, on'yomi).

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• IPA^(key): [çida̠t͡ɕi]

Alternative forms

• 日立ち, 肥立ち, 肥立

Noun

日立 ‎(hiragana ひだち, romaji hidachi)

1. growth as the days pass
2. physical recovery day by day from an illness or after childbirth

Usage notes

The alternate forms 肥立ち and 肥立 are generally reserved for the latter sense of physical recovery, possibly from the sense of "manure going away" leading to "feeling better".

Etymology 2

The name of various places, titles, and companies in Japan.

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• IPA^(key): [çita̠t͡ɕi]

Proper noun

日立 ‎(hiragana ひたち, romaji Hitachi)

1. Hitachi, a Japanese company
2. Hitachi, a city in Ibaraki prefecture
3. Hitachi Province, a former region in Japan, roughly equivalent to modern-day Ibaraki prefecture
4. an imperial title, granted to Prince Hitachi and Princess Hitachi