Chinese

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Japanese man; person; people
trad. (倭人)
simp. #(倭人)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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倭人

  1. (dated, derogatory) Japanese person (term especially used in ancient China)

Synonyms

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (倭人):
  • Japanese: ()(じん) (wajin)
  • Korean: 왜인(倭人) (waein)

Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Jinmeiyō
じん
Grade: 1
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
和人

Etymology

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From Chinese 倭人 (wōrén).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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()(じん) (wajin

  1. (dated) a Japanese person (term especially used in ancient China)

References

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  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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倭人 (waein) (hangeul 왜인)

  1. hanja form? of 왜인 (a Japanese person (term especially used in the ancient China))