右衛門 - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (original) (raw)

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Kanji in this term
右 衛 門
うGrade: 1 えGrade: 5 もんGrade: 2
goon
Alternative spelling
右衞門 (kyūjitai)

右(う)衛(え)門(もん) • (Uemon) ←**うゑもん** (Uwemon)?

  1. Clipping of 右衛門府 (Uemonfu).
  2. a male given name

/uwemon/ → /wemon/ → /emon/

Kanji in this term
右 衛 門
うえ > え もんGrade: 2
Grade: 1 Grade: 5
irregular goon
Alternative spelling
右衞門 (kyūjitai)

右衛(え)門(もん) • (Emon) ←**ゑもん** (Wemon)?

  1. Clipping of 右衛門府 (Uemonfu).
  2. (dated) a male given name

右衛(え)門(もん) • (-emon) ←**ゑもん** (-wemon)?

  1. (dated) suffix for male given names
    五(ご)右衛(え)門(もん) (“Goemon”)
    源(げん)五(ご)右衛(え)門(もん) (“Gengoemon”)
    数(かず)右衛(え)門(もん) (“Kazuemon”)