日本

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[edit] Cantonese

simpl. and trad.

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日本 (jyutping jat6 bun2, Yale yat6 bun2)

  1. Japan

[edit] Japanese

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Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:

Wikipedia ja

Kanji in this term

[edit] Etymology 1

  • nitpon > nipon > niɸon > nihon

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日本 (hiragana にほん, romaji nihon)

  1. Japan
    • 16031604: Nippo Jisho (page 463)
      Nifon ニホン (日本) 日本.

[edit] Etymology 2

  • nitpon > nippon

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日本 (hiragana にっぽん, romaji nippon)

  1. Japan
    • 16031604: 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 , just like /niti/. The quoted iippon is the 16th century Portuguese romanization representing [ji].

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日本 (hiragana じっぽん, romaji jippon)

  1. (archaic) Japan
    • 16031604: Nippo Jisho (page 365)
      Iippon ジッポン (日本) Fino moto. (日の本) 東洋. すなわち、日本.
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[edit] Korean

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日本 (hangeul 일본, Ilbon)

  1. Japan
Mandarin Wikipedia has an article on:

Wikipedia zh


[edit] Mandarin

simpl. and trad.

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: [ ʐɚ˥˩pən˨˩ ]
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日本 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin Rìběn)

  1. Japan

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[edit] Min Nan

simpl. and trad.

[edit] Proper noun

日本 (traditional and simplified, POJ Ji̍t-pún)

  1. Japan
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