新高山

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Chinese

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new high mountain
trad. (新高山)
simp. #(新高山)
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Etymology

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Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 新高山.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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新高山

  1. (historical) Former name of 玉山 (Yùshān), the tallest mountain on Taiwan Island, during the island's Japanese occupation.

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
にい
Grade: 2
たか
Grade: 2
やま
Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Etymology

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From Torii and Ushinosuke's discovery in 1900 that Yushan was higher than Mount Fuji in the Japanese Islands.

Proper noun

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(にい)(たか)(やま) (Niitakayama

  1. (historical) Former name of 玉山, the highest mountain on Taiwan Island.