倭人

Chinese

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

Pronunciation


Noun

倭人

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

Synonyms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (倭人):
  • → Japanese: 倭(わ)人(じん) (wajin)
  • → Korean: 왜인(倭人) (waein)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
倭 人
わ
Jinmeiyō
じん
Grade: 1
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
和人

Etymology

From Chinese 倭人 (wōrén).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) わじん [wàjíń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɰᵝa̠ʑĩɴ]

Noun

倭(わ)人(じん) • (wajin) 

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

References

  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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
倭人

Noun

倭人 • (waein) (hangeul 왜인)

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