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極東

極東

See also: 极东

Chinese

 
extremely; pole (geography, physics); utmost; top
east
trad. (極東)
simp. (极东)

Proper noun

極東

  1. Far East (East and Southeast Asia)

Synonyms


Japanese

Kanji in this term
きょく
Grade: 4
とう
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Proper noun

極東 (hiragana きょくとう, romaji Kyokutō)

  1. the Far East (East and Southeast Asia)

See also

References

  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3
  2. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13143-0

Korean

Hanja in this term

Proper noun

極東 (Geukdong, McCune-Reischauer: Kŭktong, Yale: Kukqtong) (hangeul 극동)

  1. Hanja form? of 극동, “Far East”.