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とごふ
Meanings
Noun
Historical
1. Protectorate General (Han and Tang-period Chinese office)
Alt. forms
都
と
護
ご
府
ふ
とごふ
Pitch accent
と
ご
ふ
Composed of
とご
Protector General (Tang-period Chinese official); travelling inspector of the provincial governments (Nara and Heian-period position)
ふ
(urban) prefecture (i.e. Osaka and Kyoto); centre (e.g. of learning); center; (government) office; fu (administrative unit in China, Korea and Vietnam)
Used in vocabulary (3 in total)
せいいき
とごふ
Protectorate General of the Western Regions (Han-period Chinese office established in East Turkestan in 60 BCE)
アンナン
とごふ
Protectorate General of Annam (Han-period Chinese office established in Hanoi in 622 CE)
ぜんう
とごふ
Protectorate General of the Central Asian Nomadic Lands (Chinese office established in Inner Mongolia in 650 CE)