Define:日本

Proper noun

日本 (jyutping jat6 bun2, Yale yat6 bun2)

1. Japan

Etymology 1

Coined in Japan o Sinic elements, as compoond o 日 (nichi, “sun”) +‎ 本 (hon, “origin”). The hon element wis likely pronoonced /poɴ/ when first coined. Ower time, the initial /p/ lenitit, eventually acomin the /h/ soond in modren Japanese.

/nitipoɴ/ → /nippoɴ/ → /niɸoɴ/ → /nihoɴ/

Pronunciation

• Kan'yōyomi
• /ni.ho.ɴ/
• 日本 (help·info)

Proper noun

日本 (hiragana にほん, rōmaji Nihon)

1. Japan
   • 1603–1604: Nippo Jisho (page 463)

     Nifon ニホン (日本) 日本.

Derived terms

• 日本人 (にほんじん, ​nihonjin): a Japanese person, Japanese fowk
• 日本語 (にほんご, ​nihongo): the Japanese leid

Etymology 2

/nitpoɴ/ > /nippoɴ/

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• /ni.p.po.ɴ/
• 日本 (help·info)

Proper noun

日本 (hiragana にっぽん, rōmaji Nippon)

1. Japan
   • 1603–1604: Nippo Jisho (page 466)

     Nippon ニッポン（日本） Fino moto. (日の本) 日本.

Etymology 3

/zitpon/ > /zippon/ > /d͡ʑippon/

/zit͡ɕi, zit͡su/ are the kan'on readins o 日, as compared tae the goon readin /nit͡ɕi/.

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• /d͡ʑi.p.po.ɴ/

Proper noun

日本 (hiragana じっぽん, rōmaji Jippon)

1. (archaic) Japan
   • 1603–1604: Nippo Jisho (page 365)

     Iippon ジッポン (日本) Fino moto. (日の本) 東洋. すなわち、日本.

     (The quoted ii in iippon is the 16t century Portuguese romanization representin [ji].)

Synonyms

• 大和 (やまと, Yamato)
• 日本国 (にほんこく, Nihonkoku)
• 瑞穂の国 (みずほのくに, Mizuho no Kuni)

References

• 1980 Apryle 28 [1603–1604], Tadao Doi, Hōyaku Nippo Jisho (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, ISBN 4-0008-0021-3:

Proper noun

日本 (hangeul 일본, Ilbon)

1. Japan

Pronunciation

• [ ʐɚ˥˩pən˨˩ ]
• 日本 (help·info)

Proper noun

日本 (tradeetional an simplified, Pinyin Rìběn)

1. Japan

Derived terms

• Rìběnhuà 日本化
• Rìběn nǎoyán 日本腦炎 (trad.), 日本脑炎 (simp.)
• Rìběnrén 日本人
• Rìběnyǔ 日本語 (trad.), 日本语 (simp.)

Proper noun

日本 (tradeetional an simplified, POJ Ji̍t-pún)

1. Japan