日本

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Contents 1 Cantonese 1.1 Proper noun 2 Japanese 2.1 Etymology 1 2.2 Pronunciation 2.2.1 Proper noun 2.3 Etymology 2 2.4 Pronunciation 2.4.1 Proper noun 2.5 Etymology 3 2.5.1 Proper noun 2.5.1.1 Synonyms 2.6 Derived terms 2.7 References 3 Korean 3.1 Proper noun 4 Mandarin 4.1 Proper noun 5 Min Nan 5.1 Proper noun

[edit] Cantonese

simpl. and trad.

日本

[edit] Proper noun

日本 (jyutping jat6 bun2, Yale yat6 bun2)

1. Japan

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[edit] Japanese

Kanji in this term
日	本

[edit] Etymology 1

• nitpon > nippon > ?niɸɸon > niɸon > nihon

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Proper noun

日本 (hiragana にほん, romaji nihon)

1. Japan
   • 1603-1604: Nippo Jisho (page 463)

   Nifon ニホン (日本) 日本.

[edit] Etymology 2

• nitpon > nippon

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Proper noun

日本 (hiragana にっぽん, romaji nippon)

1. Japan
   • 1603-1604: Nippo Jisho (page 466)

   Nippon ニッポン（日本） Fino moto. (日の本) 日本.

[edit] Etymology 3

/zithon/: zitpon > zippon > jippon /ziti, zitu/ are readings of 日, just like /niti/. The quoted iippon is the 16th century Portuguese romanization representing [ji].

[edit] Proper noun

日本 (hiragana じっぽん, romaji jippon)

1. (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.

[edit] Synonyms

• 大和
• 日本国
• 瑞穂国

[edit] Derived terms

• 日本人 (にほんじん, nihonjin): Japanese person, Japanese people
• 日本語 (にほんご, nihongo): Japanese language
• 日本国 (nihon-koku, nippon-koku): The nation of Japan.

[edit] References

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

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Proper noun

日本 (hangeul 일본, Ilbon)

1. Japan

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[edit] Mandarin

simpl. and trad.

日本

[edit] Proper noun

日本 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin Rìběn)

1. Japan

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[edit] Min Nan

simpl. and trad.

日本

[edit] Proper noun

日本 (traditional and simplified, POJ Ji̍t-pún)

1. Japan