米国
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:
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Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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米 | 国 |
べい Grade: 2 |
こく Grade: 2 |
on'yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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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”).
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
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Synonyms
- アメリカ (America)
See also
- 南米 (Nanbei, “South America”)
- 中米 (Chūbei, “Central America”)
- 北米 (Hokubei, “North America”)
- 米州 (Beishū, “the Americas, both North and South”)
References
Categories:
- zh:Countries in North America
- zh:United States
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- Mandarin lemmas
- Cantonese lemmas
- Hakka lemmas
- Hokkien lemmas
- Wu lemmas
- Chinese proper nouns
- Mandarin proper nouns
- Cantonese proper nouns
- Hakka proper nouns
- Hokkien proper nouns
- Wu proper nouns
- Chinese terms spelled with 米
- Chinese terms spelled with 国
- Chinese simplified forms
- Japanese terms spelled with 米 read as べい
- Japanese terms spelled with 国 read as こく
- Japanese terms read with on'yomi
- ja:Countries in North America
- ja:Countries
- ja:United States