米英

Japanese
Kanji in this term
米 英
べい
Grade: 2		 えい
Grade: 4
on’yomi

Etymology

From 米 rice, which is the second character in and often serves as an abbreviation for 亜米利加 America/American (compare 米国 and 米国人) + 英 Britain/British (compare 英語, 英国, and 英和).

Noun

米(べい)英(えい) • (beiei) 

  1. America and Britain
  2. American-British
  3. (obsolete) Americans and Britons
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