Define:日本

Cantonese

simpl. and trad.
日本

Proper noun

日本 (jyutping jat6 bun2, Yale yat6 bun2)

Japan

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
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

Kan'yōyomi
/ni.ho.ɴ/
日本 (help·info)

Proper noun

日本 (hiragana にほん, rōmaji Nihon)

Japan
- 1603–1604: Nippo Jisho (page 463)
  Nifon ニホン (日本) 日本.

Derived terms

日本人 (にほんじん, nihonjin): a Japanese person, Japanese fowk
日本語 (にほんご, nihongo): the Japanese leid

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
日	本
にち > にっ Grade: 1	ほん > ぽん Grade: 1
on'yomi

/nitpoɴ/ > /nippoɴ/

Pronunciation

On'yomi
/ni.p.po.ɴ/
日本 (help·info)

Proper noun

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.

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
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

On'yomi
/d͡ʑi.p.po.ɴ/

Proper noun

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].)

Synonyms

References

1980 November 28 [1603–1604], Tadao Doi, Hōyaku Nippo Jisho (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, ISBN 4-0008-0021-3:

Korean

Proper noun

日本 (hangeul 일본, Ilbon)

Japan

Mandarin

simpl. and trad.
日本

Pronunciation

[ ʐɚ˥˩pən˨˩ ]
日本 (help·info)

Proper noun

日本 (tradeetional an simplified, Pinyin Rìběn)

Japan

Derived terms

Rìběnhuà 日本化
Rìběn nǎoyán 日本腦炎 (trad.), 日本脑炎 (simp.)
Rìběnrén 日本人
Rìběnyǔ 日本語 (trad.), 日本语 (simp.)

Min Nan

simpl. and trad.
日本

Proper noun

日本 (tradeetional an simplified, POJ Ji̍t-pún)

Japan