希臘

See also: 希腊

Chinese

phonetic
trad. (希臘)
simp. (希腊)
alternative forms 希獵希猎 Cantonese; obsolete

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἑλλάς (Hellás); attested as early as 1837, in the Eastern Western Monthly Magazine. Compare English Hellas.

Pronunciation


Proper noun

希臘

  1. Greece (a country in Southeast Europe)

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (希臘):
  • Korean: 희랍(希臘) (Huirap)
  • Vietnamese: Hi Lạp (希臘)

Others:

  • Zhuang: Hihlaz

See also

Japanese

Kanji in this term
Grade: 4 Hyōgaiji
jukujikun

Etymology

The spelling is an example of jukujikun (熟字訓), from Chinese 希臘希腊 (Xīlà) which derives from Ancient Greek Ἑλλάς (Hellás), not Latin Graecia from which Japanese ギリシャ (Girisha)/ギリシア (Girishia) derives.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡʲiɾʲiɕa̠]
  • IPA(key): [ɡʲiɾʲiɕia̠]

Proper noun

希臘(ギリシャ) or 希臘(ギリシア) • (Girisha or Girishia) 

  1. Obsolete spelling of ギリシャ (Greece)
  2. Obsolete spelling of ギリシア (Greece)

Usage notes

The first character as an abbreviation () is more common than the full kanji spelling.

Korean

Hanja in this term

Proper noun

希臘 • (Huirap) (hangeul 희랍)

  1. Hanja form? of 희랍 (Greece).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Proper noun

希臘

  1. chữ Hán form of Hi Lạp (Greece).
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