Chinese

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ocean; sea li, a Chinese unit of length
simp. and trad.
(海里)
alternative forms 海浬
海哩
anagram 里海
 
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Noun

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海里

  1. nautical mile

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
かい
Grade: 2

Grade: 2
on'yomi
Alternative spellings
海里 (kyūjitai)
海哩

Etymology

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Calque of English nautical mile, formed as a compound of (kai, sea, ocean) +‎ (ri, league, unit of distance). First appears in 1872.[1]

Also encountered in some historical texts[2] with the kanji spelling 海哩, using the alternative (ri, mile) character.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(かい)() or 海里(カイリ) (kairi

  1. a nautical mile: the length of roughly one minute of latitude, 1,852 meters

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References

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  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN entry for 航程 (kōtei, travel by ship) here, containing a sample sentence from 1901 using this 海哩 spelling
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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海里 (haeri) (hangeul 해리)

  1. Hanja form? of 해리 (nautical mile).

Vietnamese

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

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海里

  1. chữ Hán form of hải lý (nautical mile).