西鮮

Japanese
Kanji in this term
西 鮮
せい
Grade: 2		 せん
Grade: S
kan’on on’yomi

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) せーせん [sèéséń] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [se̞ːsẽ̞ɴ]

Proper noun

西(せい)鮮(せん) • (Seisen) 

  1. (historical, Japanese colonial era) Heian'nan-dō, Heianhoku-dō and Kōkai-dō[1]
    Coordinate terms: 北鮮 (Hokusen), 中鮮 (Chūsen), 南鮮 (Nansen)

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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