亜細亜
Japanese
editEtymology 1
edit| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 亜 | 細 | 亜 |
| あ Grade: S (ateji) |
じ Grade: 2 (ateji) |
あ Grade: S (ateji) |
| kan'on | irregular | kan'on |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 亞細亞 (kyūjitai) |
Ateji (当て字), from Chinese 亞細亞 / 亚细亚 (Yàxìyà).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
edit- dated spelling of アジア (Ajia):
- Asia (the largest continent, located between Europe and the Pacific Ocean)
- (historical) Asia (an ancient province of the Roman Empire in modern western Turkey, existing between 133 BC (during the Roman Republic) and the 7th century AD)
Usage notes
editNormally written in katakana in modern Japanese; the abbreviation 亜 is common.
Etymology 2
edit| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 亜 | 細 | 亜 |
| あ Grade: S (ateji) |
じ Grade: 2 (ateji) |
や Grade: S (ateji) |
| kan'on | irregular | irregular |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 亞細亞 (kyūjitai) |
Ateji (当て字), from Chinese 亞細亞 / 亚细亚 (Yàxìyà).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editCategories:
- Japanese terms spelled with ateji
- Japanese terms spelled with 亜 read as あ
- Japanese terms spelled with 細
- Japanese terms read with irregular kanji readings
- Japanese terms borrowed from Chinese
- Japanese terms derived from Chinese
- Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation
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- Japanese lemmas
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- Japanese palindromes
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- ja:Asia
- ja:Continents and continental regions
- Japanese terms with historical senses
- ja:Provinces of the Roman Empire
- ja:Places in the Roman Empire
- ja:Places in Turkey
- Japanese terms spelled with 亜
- Japanese terms with obsolete senses