日本
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[edit] Cantonese
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| 日本 | |||
[edit] Proper noun
日本 (jyutping jat6 bun2, Yale yat6 bun2)
[edit] Japanese
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| 日 | 本 | ||||||
[edit] Etymology 1
- nitpon > nippon > ?niɸɸon > niɸon > nihon
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Proper noun
日本 (hiragana にほん, romaji nihon)
- Japan
- 1603-1604: Nippo Jisho (page 463)
- Nifon ニホン (日本) 日本.
[edit] Etymology 2
- nitpon > nippon
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Proper noun
日本 (hiragana にっぽん, romaji nippon)
- 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)
- (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
[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.
[edit] Korean
[edit] Proper noun
日本 (hangeul 일본, Ilbon)
[edit] Mandarin
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| 日本 | |||
[edit] Proper noun
日本 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin Rìběn)
[edit] Min Nan
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| 日本 | |||
[edit] Proper noun
日本 (traditional and simplified, POJ Ji̍t-pún)