北鮮

Japanese
Kanji in this term
北 鮮
ほく
Grade: 2		 せん
Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ほくせん [hòkúséń] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [ho̞kɯ̟ᵝsẽ̞ɴ]

Proper noun

北(ほく)鮮(せん) • (Hokusen) 

  1. (historical, Japanese colonial era) Kankyōnan-dō and Kankyōhoku-dō[1]
    Coordinate terms: 西鮮 (Seisen), 中鮮 (Chūsen), 南鮮 (Nansen)
  2. (derogatory, post-WWII) Synonym of 北朝鮮 (Kita Chōsen, “North Korea”)

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