極東

See also: 极东

Chinese

utmost; pole; extreme
utmost; pole; extreme; to reach the limit
 
east
trad. (極東)
simp. (极东)

Pronunciation


Proper noun

極東

  1. (dated) Far East (a geographical region of Asia, consisting of East Asia (Korea, Japan, China, the Russian Far East, etc.) and Southeast Asia, taken as a whole)

Synonyms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
きょく
Grade: 4
とう
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) きょとー [kyòkútóó] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [kʲo̞kɯ̟̊to̞ː]

Proper noun

(きょく)(とう) • (Kyokutō

  1. (dated) Far East (a geographical region of Asia, consisting of East Asia (Korea, Japan, China, the Russian Far East, etc.) and Southeast Asia, taken as a whole)

See also

References

  1. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Proper noun

極東 • (Geukdong or McCune-Reischauer: Kŭktong or Yale: Kukqtong) (hangeul 극동)

  1. hanja form? of 극동 : (dated) Far East (a geographical region of Asia, consisting of East Asia (Korea, Japan, China, the Russian Far East, etc.) and Southeast Asia, taken as a whole)