Define:日本
Cantonese[eedit soorce]
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日本 |
Proper noun[eedit soorce]
日本 (jyutping jat6 bun2, Yale yat6 bun2)
Japanese[eedit soorce]
Etymology 1[eedit soorce]
Kanji in this term | |
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日 | 本 |
にち > に Grade: 1 | ほん Grade: 1 |
Irregular |
Coined in Japan o Sinic elements, as compoond o 日 (nichi, “sun”) + 本 (hon, “origin”). The hon element wis likely pronoonced /poɴ/ when first coined. Ower time, the initial /p/ lenitit, eventually acomin the /h/ soond in modren Japanese.
/nitipoɴ/ → /nippoɴ/ → /niɸoɴ/ → /nihoɴ/
Pronunciation[eedit soorce]
- Kan'yōyomi
- /ni.ho.ɴ/
- 日本 (help·info)
Proper noun[eedit soorce]
日本 (hiragana にほん, rōmaji Nihon)
- Japan
- 1603–1604: Nippo Jisho (page 463)
- Nifon ニホン (日本) 日本.
- 1603–1604: Nippo Jisho (page 463)
Derived terms[eedit soorce]
Etymology 2[eedit soorce]
Kanji in this term | |
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日 | 本 |
にち > にっ Grade: 1 | ほん > ぽん Grade: 1 |
on'yomi |
/nitpoɴ/ > /nippoɴ/
Pronunciation[eedit soorce]
Proper noun[eedit soorce]
日本 (hiragana にっぽん, rōmaji Nippon)
- Japan
- 1603–1604: Nippo Jisho (page 466)
- Nippon ニッポン(日本) Fino moto. (日の本) 日本.
- 1603–1604: Nippo Jisho (page 466)
Etymology 3[eedit soorce]
Kanji in this term | |
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日 | 本 |
じつ > じっ Grade: 1 | ほん > ぽん Grade: 1 |
on'yomi |
/zitpon/ > /zippon/ > /d͡ʑippon/
/zit͡ɕi, zit͡su/ are the kan'on readins o 日, as compared tae the goon readin /nit͡ɕi/.
Pronunciation[eedit soorce]
- On'yomi
- /d͡ʑi.p.po.ɴ/
Proper noun[eedit soorce]
日本 (hiragana じっぽん, rōmaji Jippon)
- (archaic) Japan
- 1603–1604: Nippo Jisho (page 365)
- Iippon ジッポン (日本) Fino moto. (日の本) 東洋. すなわち、日本.
- (The quoted ii in iippon is the 16t century Portuguese romanization representin [ji].)
- 1603–1604: Nippo Jisho (page 365)
Synonyms[eedit soorce]
References[eedit soorce]
- 1980 Mey 7 [1603–1604], Tadao Doi, Hōyaku Nippo Jisho (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, ISBN 4-0008-0021-3:
Korean[eedit soorce]
Proper noun[eedit soorce]
日本 (hangeul 일본, Ilbon)
Mandarin[eedit soorce]
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日本 |
Pronunciation[eedit soorce]
Proper noun[eedit soorce]
日本 (tradeetional an simplified, Pinyin Rìběn)
Derived terms[eedit soorce]
Min Nan[eedit soorce]
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日本 |
Proper noun[eedit soorce]
日本 (tradeetional an simplified, POJ Ji̍t-pún)