nikkei

English

Etymology

Japanese 日系 (Nikkei にっけい), from Middle Chinese 日 (nyit "Sun", "Japan") + 系 (ɣèj "descendants").

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈniːkeɪ/, /ˈnɪkeɪ/, enPR: nēʹkā, nĭkʹā

Noun

nikkei (plural nikkeis or nikkei)

1. A Japanese emigrant or a descendant thereof who is not a citizen of Japan. Commonly used in Japan to refer to people of Japanese ancestry that are living abroad as citizens of other countries.
2. Abbreviation of Nikkei index.

Translations

a person or people of the Japanese diaspora

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 日僑／日侨 (Rìqiáo)

• Japanese: 日系 (ja) (にっけい, Nikkei), 日系人 (ja) (にっけいじん, Nikkeijin)
• Korean: 니케이 (Nikei), 닛케이 (Nitkei), 닛케이진 (Nitkeijin)
• Russian: никкэ́й m or f (nikkɛ́j)

See also

• nikkeijin

Japanese

Romanization

nikkei

1. Rōmaji transcription of にっけい

Spanish

Noun

nikkei m or f by sense (plural nikkeis)

1. nikkei