Japanese Word Entry
日本電信電話公社Simplified Japanese form: 日本電信電話公社
| Kana: | にっぽんでんしんでんわこうしゃ |
| Romaji: | nippondenshindenwakousha |
| Definition: | Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Public Corporation (defunct) |
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Chinese characters used in this word
| 日 | day, sun, Japan, counter for days, daytime |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄖˋ (rì) |
| Cantonese: | jat6 |
| Japanese: | ニチ (nichi)、 ジツ (jitsu) / ひ (hi)、 -び (-bi)、 -か (-ka)、 か (ka)、 ひび (hibi) |
| Korean: | 일 (il) |
| Vietnamese: | nhật |
| 本 | book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things, root, source, basis |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄅㄣˇ (běn), ㄅㄣ (bēn) |
| Cantonese: | bun2 |
| Japanese: | ホン (hon) / もと (moto) |
| Korean: | 본 (bon) |
| Vietnamese: | bổn, bản |
| 電 | electricity, electric, lightning |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄉㄧㄢˋ (diàn) |
| Cantonese: | din6 |
| Japanese: | デン (den)、 テン (ten) / いなずま (inazuma) |
| Korean: | 전 (jeon) |
| Vietnamese: | điện |
Variants
| Simplified Chinese form: | 电 |
| 信 | faith, truth, fidelity, trust, believe, letter |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄒㄧㄣˋ (xìn), ㄕㄣ (shēn) |
| Cantonese: | seon3 |
| Japanese: | シン (shin) / まこと (makoto)、 たより (tayori)、 まかせる (makaseru) |
| Korean: | 신 (sin) |
| Vietnamese: | tín |
| 話 | tale, talk, speech, language, dialect |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄏㄨㄚˋ (huà) |
| Cantonese: | waa6 |
| Japanese: | ワ (wa)、 カイ (kai) / はな.す (hanasu)、 はなし (hanashi) |
| Korean: | 화 (hwa) |
| Vietnamese: | thoại |
Variants
| Simplified Chinese form: | 话 |
| 公 | public, prince, official, governmental, fair, equitable, duke |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄍㄨㄥ (gōng) |
| Cantonese: | gung1 |
| Japanese: | コウ (kou)、 ク (ku) / おおやけ (ooyake)、 きみ (kimi) |
| Korean: | 공 (gong) |
| Vietnamese: | công |
| 社 | company, firm, office, association, shrine, god of the soil and altars to him, group of families, society |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄕㄜˋ (shè) |
| Cantonese: | se5 |
| Japanese: | シャ (sha)、 ジャ (ja) / やしろ (yashiro)、 くみあい (kumiai)、 こそ (koso) |
| Korean: | 사 (sa) |
| Vietnamese: | xã |
Variants
| Simplified Japanese form: | 社 |