東アジア

Japanese

Kanji in this term
東
ひがし
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 東(ひがし) (higashi, “east”) + アジア (Ajia, “Asia”).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ひがしアジア [hìgáshí áꜜjìà] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [çiɡa̠ɕi a̠ʑia̠]

Proper noun

東(ひがし)アジア • (Higashi-Ajia) 

  1. East Asia (a geographic region comprising the eastern part of Asia, inclusive of China proper, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, and Taiwan and sometimes inclusive of Mongolia and Tibet and some or all of Southeast Asia and the Philippines)
    Synonym: (possibly obsolete) 東亜 (Tōa)

References

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