Japanese Word Entry
中國地方Simplified Japanese form: 中国地方
| Kana: | ちゅうごくちほう |
| Romaji: | chuugokuchihou |
| Definition: | Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane) |
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Chinese characters used in this word
| 中 | in, inside, middle, mean, center, central, in the midst of, hit (target), attain |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄓㄨㄥ (zhōng), ㄓㄨㄥˋ (zhòng) |
| Cantonese: | zung1 |
| Japanese: | チュウ (chuu) / なか (naka)、 うち (uchi)、 あた.る (ataru) |
| Korean: | 중 (jung) |
| Vietnamese: | trung, trúng |
| 國 | country, nation, nation-state |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄍㄨㄛˊ (guó) |
| Cantonese: | gwok3 |
| Japanese: | コク (koku) / くに (kuni) |
| Korean: | 국 (gug) |
| Vietnamese: | quốc |
Variants
| Simplified Chinese form: | 国 |
| Simplified Japanese form: | 国 |
| Semantic variant form: | 囯 |
| 地 | ground, earth, soil, region |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄉㄧˋ (dì), ㄉㄜ˙ (de) |
| Cantonese: | dei6 |
| Japanese: | チ (chi)、 ジ (ji) / つち (tsuchi) |
| Korean: | 지 (ji) |
| Vietnamese: | địa |
Variants
| Semantic variant form: | 墬 |
| 方 | direction, person, alternative, a square, rectangle, a region, local |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄈㄤ (fāng), ㄈㄤˊ (fáng), ㄈㄤˇ (fǎng), ㄆㄤˊ (páng), ㄨㄤˇ (wǎng), ㄈㄥ (fēng) |
| Cantonese: | fong1 |
| Japanese: | ホウ (hou) / かた (kata)、 -かた (-kata)、 -がた (-gata)、 ならべる (naraberu)、 くらべる (kuraberu) |
| Korean: | 방 (bang) |
| Vietnamese: | phương |