ちよ

Japanese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t͡ɕijo̞]

Noun

ちよ • (chiyo) 

  1. 千代, 千世: thousand years, millennium; eternity, forever
  2. 千夜: thousand nights; many nights
  3. 地輿: earth, ground

Proper noun

ちよ or チヨ • (Chiyo) 

  1. a female given name
  2. 千代: a place name
  3. ち代, 血夜, 小代, 千佳, 千昌, 千世, 千節: a female given name
  4. 千代, 千芳, 千夜, 千与, 千誉, 千耀, 千蓉: a female given name
  5. 千陽, 知世, 知代, 知余, 知与, 知葉, 智世: a female given name
  6. 智代, 智予, 智誉, 池陽, 稚代: a female given name
  7. 千依, 千代, 赴, 儲: a surname

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of ちよ – see the following entries.
【著ちょ】6
[noun] book
[suffix] written by (the author of a book)
[suffix] striking
【緒ちょ】S
[noun] alternative form of 緒 (sho)
(This term, ちよ (tyo), is a historical kana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as ちよ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as ちよ.)
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