米国

See also: 美國 and 米國

Chinese
For pronunciation and definitions of 米国 – see 米國 (“America; the United States of America; etc.”).
(This term, 米国, is the simplified form of 米國.)
Notes:

Japanese
Kanji in this term
米 国
べい
Grade: 2		 こく
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

The second kanji character in 亜米利加 (Amerika, “America”) + 国 (koku, “country”). The reason the second character is used instead of the first is because 亜 is already in use as the abbreviation for 亜細亜 (Ajia, “Asia”).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

米国 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 米國, hiragana べいこく, rōmaji Beikoku)

  1. the United States of America

Synonyms

See also

References
  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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