{"path":"/entry/51814","title":"日本 (rì běn) — Chinese Dictionary | Flashbao","description":"日本 (rì běn): Japan. Explore meanings, example sentences and vocabulary decks.","catalog":null,"deck":null,"entry":{"reading":{"id":51814,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["日本"],"TRADITIONAL":["日本"]}},"phonetic":"rì běn","phoneticKey":"ri4 ben3","meanings":{"primary":[{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"Japan","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]}],"additional":[],"notes":[],"variantMeanings":[]},"classifiers":[],"pos":["PLACE_NAME"],"frequency":1580,"grammar":[],"spokenPhonetic":null},"otherReadings":[],"examples":[],"carriedReadings":[],"constructions":[{"readingId":51815,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["日本人"],"TRADITIONAL":["日本人"]}},"phonetic":"rì běn rén","gloss":{"simplified":"Japanese person","traditional":null}},{"readingId":51830,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["日本海"],"TRADITIONAL":["日本海"]}},"phonetic":"rì běn hǎi","gloss":{"simplified":"Sea of Japan","traditional":null}}],"status":null,"due":null,"reps":null,"lapses":null,"lastReview":null,"senses":[{"label":{"simplified":"Japan","traditional":null},"relations":[{"kind":"PART_HOLONYM","readingId":5148,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["亚"],"TRADITIONAL":["亞"]}},"phonetic":"yà","gloss":{"simplified":"Asia","traditional":null}},{"kind":"PART_HOLONYM","readingId":28699,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["太平洋"],"TRADITIONAL":["太平洋"]}},"phonetic":"tài píng yáng","gloss":{"simplified":"Pacific Ocean","traditional":null}},{"kind":"PART_HOLONYM","readingId":5205,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["亚洲"],"TRADITIONAL":["亞洲"]}},"phonetic":"yà zhōu","gloss":{"simplified":"Asia (abbreviation for 亚细亚洲)","traditional":"Asia (abbreviation for 亞細亞洲)"}}],"primary":true}],"origins":[{"literal":"the sun's origin; where the sun originates","content":[{"type":"paragraph","text":{"simplified":"From 日 (“sun”) + 本 (“origin, root”).","traditional":null}},{"type":"paragraph","text":{"simplified":"More information","traditional":null}},{"type":"paragraph","text":{"simplified":"As a state name, the term likely grew from a 7th‑century self‑conception in state letters and gradually replaced 倭 in external usage. The earliest known epigraphic use of 日本 appears in 678, but in a highly literary sense. Documentary records show an oscillation between 倭 and 日本 in the late 670s. By 702–703, the self‑designation 日本國 was stable (Korean sources adopted 日本國 from 698). Chinese histories (the Xin Tang Shu and Jiu Tang Shu) place the renaming around 670; the claim that “Wu Zetian changed it” is best interpreted as Tang-dynasty recognition of the new name.","traditional":null}},{"type":"paragraph","text":{"simplified":"Early diplomatic topos (607):","traditional":null}},{"type":"paragraph","text":{"simplified":"Earliest epigraphic 日本 (often rhetorical; sometimes read as “Baekje”) (678):","traditional":null}},{"type":"paragraph","text":{"simplified":"Reports of renaming (670):","traditional":null}},{"type":"paragraph","text":{"simplified":"Earliest possible documentary 日本 (if authentic), preserved via quotation (664):","traditional":null}},{"type":"paragraph","text":{"simplified":"Transition/oscillation in documents (671/672):","traditional":null}},{"type":"paragraph","text":{"simplified":"Stabilized self‑designation (702~703)","traditional":null}}],"examples":[{"text":{"simplified":"日出处天子致书日没处天子无恙。","traditional":"日出處天子致書日没處天子無恙。"},"phonetic":"Rìchū chù tiānzǐ zhì shū rìméi chù tiānzǐ wúyàng.","english":"“The Son of Heaven from where the sun rises sends a letter to the Son of Heaven where the sun sets—may you be well.”","ref":"隋書·東夷·倭國（607）"},{"text":{"simplified":"于时日本余噍，据扶桑以逋诛。","traditional":"於時日本餘噍，据扶桑以逋誅。"},"phonetic":"Yú shí rìběn yújiào, jù fúsāng yǐ būzhū.","english":"“At that time the remnant of ‘Japan’ clung to Fusang to evade punishment.”","ref":"大唐故右威衛將軍上柱國祢公墓誌銘"},{"text":{"simplified":"倭国更号日本，自言近日所出以为名。","traditional":"倭國更號日本，自言近日所出以為名。"},"phonetic":"Wōguó gèng hào rìběn, zì yán jìn rì suǒ chū yǐ wèi míng.","english":"“The country of Wa changed its name to ‘Japan’, saying it was so named because it lay near where the sun rises.”","ref":"三國史記·新羅本紀·文武王十年"},{"text":{"simplified":"函上著镇西将军日本镇西筑紫大将军牒。","traditional":"函上著鎮西將軍日本鎮西筑紫大將軍牒。"},"phonetic":"Hán shàng zhù zhènxījiāngjūn rìběn zhènxī zhùzǐ dàjiāngjūn dié.","english":"“On the case was written: ‘Memorandum of the West‑Pacifying General, the Grand General of Tsukushi of Japan.’”","ref":"善鄰國寳記（15th c.）引《海外國記》"},{"text":{"simplified":"书曰：「大唐帝敬问日本国天皇」；「大唐皇帝敬问倭王书」／「皇帝敬致书于日本国王」。","traditional":"書曰：「大唐帝敬問日本國天皇」；「大唐皇帝敬問倭王書」／「皇帝敬致書於日本國王」。"},"phonetic":"Shū yuē: “Dàtáng dì jìng wèn rìběnguó tiānhuáng”; “dàtáng huángdì jìng wèn wō wáng shū” / “huángdì jìng zhì shū yú rìběn guówáng”.","english":"“(671) ‘The Great Tang Emperor respectfully inquires of the Heavenly Sovereign of the State of Japan’; (672) ‘The Emperor of Great Tang respectfully inquires of the King of Wa’ / ‘The Emperor respectfully addresses the King of the State of Japan’.”","ref":"善鄰國寳記（15th c.）"},{"text":{"simplified":"有人来问曰：「何处使人？」答曰：「日本国使。」","traditional":"有人來問曰：「何處使人？」答曰：「日本國使。」"},"phonetic":"Yǒu rén lái wèn yuē: “Hé chù shǐrén?” Dá yuē: “Rìběnguó shǐ.”","english":"“Someone asked, ‘Envoys from where?’ He replied, ‘Envoys of the State of Japan.’”","ref":"續日本紀（702–703）"}],"senseScoped":false}],"decks":[{"id":19,"sourceName":"BCT","name":"Level B"},{"id":20,"sourceName":"TOCFL","name":"Novice 1"}],"vocabularyScale":null,"vocabularyLevel":null}}