nikkei

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Japanese 日系 (Nikkei にっけい), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Chinese 日 (nyit "Sun", "Japan") + 系 (ɣèj "descendants").

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nik.kɛi/, enPR: nēk•kĕē, enPR: knee•kay

Noun

nikkei (plural nikkeis or nikkei)

1. A Japanese emigrant or a descendant thereof who is not a citizen of Japan. Commonly used in Japan to refer to people of Japanese ancestry that are living abroad as citizens of other countries.
2. the value of shares on the Tokyo Stock Exchange

Translations

a person or people of the Japanese diaspora

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 日僑／日侨, 日侨 (Rìqiáo)

• Japanese: 日系 (ja) (にっけい, Nikkei), 日系人 (ja) (にっけいじん, Nikkeijin)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Korean: 니케이 (Nikei), 닛케이 (Nitkei), 닛케이진 (Nitkeijin)
• Russian: никкэ́й m or f (nikkɛ́j)

See also

• nikkeijin
• Nikkei index

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Spanish

Noun

nikkei m or f (plural nikkeis)

1. nikkei