日本書紀

Chinese

		the sun's origin; where the sun originates; Japan	book; letter	discipline; age; era discipline; age; era; period; order; record
trad. (日本書紀)		日本	書	紀
simp. (日本书纪)		日本	书	纪

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Rìběn Shūjǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄖˋ ㄅㄣˇ ㄕㄨ ㄐㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat⁶ bun² syu¹ gei²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Li̍t-pún Su-kí / Li̍t-pún Sir-kí / Ji̍t-pún Su-kí / Ji̍t-pún Si-kí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Rìběn Shūjǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄖˋ ㄅㄣˇ ㄕㄨ ㄐㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Rìhběn Shujǐ
    • Wade–Giles: Jih⁴-pên³ Shu¹-chi³
    • Yale: R̀-běn Shū-jǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Ryhbeen Shujii
    • Palladius: Жибэнь Шуцзи (Žibɛnʹ Šuczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐ̩⁵¹ pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂu⁵⁵ t͡ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat⁶ bun² syu¹ gei²
    • Yale: yaht bún syū géi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁹ bun² sy¹ gei²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed⁶ bun² xu¹ géi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚² puːn³⁵ syː⁵⁵ kei̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Li̍t-pún Su-kí
    • Tâi-lô: Li̍t-pún Su-kí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lidpuon su'kie
    • IPA (Taipei): /lit̚⁴⁻³² pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su⁴⁴⁻³³ ki⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lit̚⁴⁻³² pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su⁴⁴⁻²² ki⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Li̍t-pún Sir-kí
    • Tâi-lô: Li̍t-pún Sir-kí
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lit̚²⁴⁻² pun⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sɯ³³ ki⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ji̍t-pún Su-kí
    • Tâi-lô: Ji̍t-pún Su-kí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jidpuon su'kie
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /zit̚⁴⁻³² pun⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ su⁴⁴⁻³³ ki⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ji̍t-pún Si-kí
    • Tâi-lô: Ji̍t-pún Si-kí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jidpuon si'kie
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ si⁴⁴⁻²² ki⁵³/

Proper noun

日本書紀

1. The Chronicles of Japan (Japan's famous mythological and historical text, written mostly in Literary Chinese)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
日	本	書	紀
にち > に Grade: 1	ほん Grade: 1	しょ Grade: 2	き Grade: 5
irregular	goon	kan'on

Etymology

From 日本(にほん) (nihon, “Japan”) + 書(しょ) (sho, “book”) + 紀(き) (ki, “record”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) にほんしょき [nìhóń shóꜜkì] (Nakadaka – [4])
• IPA^(key): [ɲ̟iho̞ɰ̃ ɕo̞kʲi]

Proper noun

日(に)本(ほん)書(しょ)紀(き) • (Nihon Shoki) 

1. The Chronicles of Japan (Japan's famous mythological and historical text, written mostly in Literary Chinese)

   Hyponym: 六国史 (Rikkokushi)

Synonyms

• 日(に)本(ほん)紀(ぎ) (Nihongi)
• 書(しょ)紀(き) (Shoki)

See also

• 本(ほん)書(しょ) (honsho)
• 記(き)紀(き) (Kiki)

Korean

Hanja in this term
日	本	書	紀

Proper noun

日本書紀 • (Ilbonseogi) (hangeul 일본서기)

1. hanja form^? of 일본서기 (“The Chronicles of Japan”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
日	本	書	紀

Proper noun

日本書紀

1. chữ Hán form of Nhật Bản thư kỷ (“The Chronicles of Japan”).