北鮮

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
ほく
Grade: 2
せん
Grade: S
on'yomi
 北鮮 on Japanese Wikipedia

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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(ほく)(せん) (Hokusen

  1. (historical, Japanese colonial era) Kankyōnan-dō and Kankyōhoku-dō[1]
    Coordinate terms: 西鮮 (Seisen), 中鮮 (Chūsen), 南鮮 (Nansen)
  2. (derogatory, post-WWII) Synonym of 北朝鮮 (Kita Chōsen, North Korea)

References

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  1. ^ Yasaburō Shimonaka, editor (1941), 東洋歷史大辭典[1] (in Japanese), 1st edition, volume 6, Tōkyō: Heibonsha, page 164