ピョンヤン

also: へいじょう

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

noun

Pyongyang; capital of North Korea

usually written using kana alone

Proper noun for the capital city of North Korea. The usual modern Japanese form is ピョンヤン, with 平壌 also common in writing.

ピョンヤンは北きた朝ちょう鮮せんの首しゅ都とです。
Pyongyang is the capital of North Korea.
平壌ぴょんやんで会かい談だんが開ひらかれる

予よ

定てい

です

。

Talks are scheduled to be held in Pyongyang.

Written forms

ピョンヤンUsage16%
Katakana is the high-priority reading and usually written in kana.
平壌Usage84%
- ぴょんやん
  Common kanji spelling in news and formal writing; in modern Japanese it is normally read ピョンヤン for this city name.
- へいじょう
  Less common Sino-Japanese reading of the same kanji place name; ピョンヤン is the normal modern reading.
へいじょう

Kanji

平even, flat, peace
壌lot, earth, soil

Similar words

北きた朝ちょう鮮せん
The country, North Korea; ピョンヤン／平壌 is its capital city.
ソウル
Seoul, the capital of South Korea; useful to distinguish from ピョンヤン, the capital of North Korea.

Etymology

A place name. ピョンヤン is the usual Japanese katakana form for Pyongyang, and 平壌 is the conventional kanji spelling; no detailed historical etymology is specified.