扶桑国

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 扶桑国 – see 扶桑國 (“Fusang, legendary land to the East commonly assumed to be Japan”).
(This term is the simplified form of 扶桑國).
Notes:

Japanese

Kanji in this term
扶 桑 国
ふ
Grade: S 		そう
Grade: S 		こく
Grade: 2
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
扶桑國 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

扶桑 (Fusō, legendary sacred tree to the east; legendary land to the east; poetic name for Japan) +‎ 国 (-koku, “country, state”)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ふそーこく [fùsóꜜòkòkù] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɸɯ̟so̞ːko̞kɯ̟]

Proper noun

扶(ふ)桑(そう)国(こく) • (Fusōkoku) ←ふさうこく (Fusaukoku)?

  1. (poetic) Japan

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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