島国
See also: 島國
Japanese
edit| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 島 | 国 |
| しま Grade: 3 |
くに > ぐに Grade: 2 |
| kun’yomi | |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 島國 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology
editFrom 島 (shima, “island”) + 国 (kuni, “country, land, region”).
The kuni changes to guni as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation
editNoun
edit- an island country, island state
- an island
Derived terms
editReferences
editCategories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 島 read as しま
- Japanese terms spelled with 国 read as くに
- Japanese terms read with kun'yomi
- Japanese compound terms
- Japanese terms with rendaku
- Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese nouns
- Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji
- Japanese terms written with two Han script characters