南鮮

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term
なん
Grade: 2
せん
Grade: S
goon on’yomi
 南鮮 on Japanese Wikipedia

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

(なん)(せん) (Nansen

  1. (historical, Japanese colonial era) Keishōnan-dō, Keishōhoku-dō, Zenranan-dō and Zenrahoku-dō[1]
    Coordinate terms: 北鮮 (Hokusen), 西鮮 (Seisen), 中鮮 (Chūsen)
  2. (rare, post-WWII) Synonym of 韓国 (Kankoku, South Korea)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Yasaburō Shimonaka, editor (1941), 東洋歷史大辭典[1] (in Japanese), 1st edition, volume 6, Tōkyō: Heibonsha, page 164