Character Details
| Japan | Ascii: — | w755 | |||||||||
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| Hanyu | Pinyin | Pronunciation | Tone | Components/Primitives | Wiktionary | Alt Sounds | |||||
| 日本 | rìběn | reurh-buhn | 4+3 | 重 (heavy) + 新 (parent + axe) | 日本 link | ||||||
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| Notes | |||||||||||
| [HSK 1] - Japan is known as the 'land of the rising sun' in English. Japan lies to the east of China, which is where the sun rises. sun +origin = [literally] origin of the sun = Japan | |||||||||||
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| - --Research Pending-- | - --Research Pending-- | ||||||||||
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| Compound Character Decomposition | |||||||||||
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| Structure | Construction | ||||||||||
| left‑right; noun | 日 (sun) + 本 (tree + root mark) | ||||||||||
| Sun (日) origin (本) — Japan. | |||||||||||