Chinese

Verb

革命

1. to revolt

Noun

革命

1. revolution

Adjective

革命

1. (attributive) revolutionary

Derived terms

Japanese

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 革命 ‎(kɛk mjængH, “to switch from a ruling dynasty to a new one”)

Pronunciation

• On'yomi: Kan'on
• (Tokyo) かくめい [kàkúméé] (Heiban - [0])^[1][2][3]
• IPA^(key): [ka̠kɯᵝme̞ː]

Noun

革命 ‎(hiragana かくめい, romaji kakumei)

1. a revolution; a coup d'état
2. one of the sankaku in traditional cosmology; a year often accompanied by change

Compounds

• 革命的
• 革命家
• 革命歌

Descendants

• Chinese: 革命
• Korean: 혁명 (hyeongmyeong)
• Vietnamese: cách mạng; cách mệnh

See also

• 三革 (sankaku)

References

1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
2. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3
3. ↑ 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13143-0

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.

Korean

Hanja

革命 • ‎(hyeongmyeong) (hangeul 혁명, revised hyeokmyeong, McCune-Reischauer hyŏkmyŏng, Yale hyekmyeng)

1. Hanja form^? of 혁명, “revolution”.