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倭人

倭人

Chinese

Japanese; dwarf man; person; people
simp. and trad.
(倭人)

Noun

倭人

  1. (dated, pejorative) a Japanese person (term especially used in the ancient China)
  2. dwarf; pygmy

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Jinmeiyō
じん
Grade: 1
on'yomi

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Chinese 倭人.

Pronunciation

Noun

倭人 (hiragana わじん, romaji wajin)

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

References

  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

倭人 (waein) (hangeul 왜인)

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