朝鮮

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Contents 1 Japanese 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Proper noun 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.4 See also 2 Mandarin 2.1 Proper noun 2.1.1 Related terms 2.2 References

[edit] Japanese

Kanji in this term
朝	鮮

[edit] Etymology

/teusen/ > /tjoːsen/ > [tɕoːsen].

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /tɕoːsen/

[edit] Proper noun

朝鮮 (hiragana ちょうせん, romaji Chōsen, historical hiragana てうせん)

1. the region made up of the Korean Peninsula and nearby islands; Korea

[edit] Derived terms

• 朝鮮語 (chōsengo)
• 朝鮮人 (chōsenjin)
• 北朝鮮 (kita chōsen)

[edit] See also

• 韓国 (kankoku)

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[edit] Mandarin

simplified	朝鲜
traditional	朝鮮

[edit] Proper noun

朝鮮 (traditional, Pinyin Cháoxiān, simplified 朝鲜)

1. Korea (as a whole, i.e. North and South Korea together)

[edit] Related terms

• 韓國

[edit] References

• "朝鮮 (in Mandarin)." Guoyu Cidian On-line Mandarin Dictionary (國語辭典). URL accessed on 2008-04-03.
• (2007) Hanyu Da Cidian 3.0 (in Mandarin). Hong Kong: Commercial Press. ISBN 9789620702778.