Chinese

Noun

海里

1. nautical mile

Japanese

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 海里 ‎(xoj^X li^X, literally “sea, ocean + unit of distance”). Compare modern Mandarin reading hǎilǐ.

Pronunciation

• On'yomi: Goon
• (Tokyo) か​いり [káꜜìrì] (Atamadaka - [1])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [ka̠iɾi]

Alternative forms

• 浬

Noun

海里 ‎(hiragana かいり, romaji kairi)

1. a nautical mile: the length of roughly one minute of latitude, 1,852 meters

See also

• ノット ‎(notto): a knot, a unit of speed equivalent to one nautical mile per hour

References

1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9