扶桑国

Chinese
For pronunciation and definitions of 扶桑国 – see 扶桑國 (“Fusang, legendary land to the East commonly assumed to be Japan”).
(This term is the simplified form of 扶桑國).
Notes:

Japanese
Kanji in this term
扶 桑 国
ふ
Grade: S		 そう
Grade: S		 こく
Grade: 2
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
扶桑國 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

扶桑 (Fusō, legendary sacred tree to the east; legendary land to the east) +‎ 国 (-koku, “country, state”)

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ふそ​ーこく [fùsóꜜòkòkù] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɸɯ̟ᵝso̞ːko̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Proper noun

扶(ふ)桑(そう)国(こく) • (Fusōkoku) ←ふさうこく (fusaukoku)?

  1. Japan

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