米国

See also: 美國 and 米國

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 米国 – see 米國 (“the United States of America; etc.”). (This term is the simplified form of 米國).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
米	国
べい Grade: 2	こく Grade: 2
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
米國 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

The second kanji character in 亜米利加 (Amerika, “America”) + 国 (koku, “country”). The reason the second character is used instead of the first is because 亜 is already in use as the abbreviation for 亜細亜 (Ajia, “Asia”).

Proper noun

1. the United States of America

Synonyms

• アメリカ (​America)

See also

• 南(なん)米(べい) (Nanbei, “South America”)
• 中(ちゅう)米(べい) (Chūbei, “Central America”)
• 北(ほく)米(べい) (Hokubei, “North America”)
• 米(べい)州(しゅう) (Beishū, “the Americas, both North and South”)