日本書紀

Chinese

		the sun's origin; where the sun originates; Japan	book; letter	discipline; age; era discipline; age; era; period; order; record
trad. (日本書紀)		日本	書	紀
simp. (日本书纪)		日本	书	纪

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Rìběn shūjǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄖˋ ㄅㄣˇ ㄕㄨ ㄐㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat⁶ bun² syu¹ gei²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Ji̍t-pún Su-kì

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Rìběn shūjǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄖˋ ㄅㄣˇ ㄕㄨ ㄐㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Rìhběn shujǐ
    • Wade–Giles: Jih⁴-pên³ shu¹-chi³
    • Yale: R̀-běn shū-jǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Ryhbeen shujii
    • Palladius: Жибэнь шуцзи (Žibɛnʹ šuczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐ̩⁵¹ pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂu⁵⁵ t͡ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat⁶ bun² syu¹ gei²
    • Yale: yaht bún syū géi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁹ bun² sy¹ gei²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed⁶ bun² xu¹ géi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚² puːn³⁵ syː⁵⁵ kei̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ji̍t-pún Su-kì
    • Tâi-lô: Ji̍t-pún Su-kì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jidpuon su'kix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /d͡zit̚⁴⁻³² pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su⁴⁴⁻²² ki²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /d͡zit̚²⁴⁻² pun⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ su³³ ki⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su⁴⁴⁻²² ki²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /d͡zit̚⁴⁻³² pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su⁴⁴⁻³³ ki¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /zit̚⁴⁻³² pun⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ su⁴⁴⁻³³ ki²¹/

Proper noun

日本書紀

1. The Chronicles of Japan (Japan's famous mythological and historical text, written mostly in Literary Chinese)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
日	本	書	紀
にち > に Grade: 1	ほん Grade: 1	しょ Grade: 2	き Grade: 5
irregular	goon	kan’on

Alternative forms

• 日(に)本(ほん)紀(ぎ) (Nihongi)
• 書(しょ)紀(き) (Shoki)

Etymology

日本 (“Japan”) +‎ 書 (“book”) +‎ 紀 (“record”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɲ̟ihõ̞ɰ̃ ɕo̞kʲi]

Proper noun

日(に)本(ほん)書(しょ)紀(き) • (Nihon Shoki) 

1. The Chronicles of Japan (Japan's famous mythological and historical text, written mostly in Literary Chinese)

   Hyponym: 六国史 (Rikkokushi)

See also

• 本(ほん)書(しょ) (honsho)
• 記(き)紀(き) (Kiki)

Korean

Hanja in this term
日	本	書	紀

Proper noun

日本書紀 • (Ilbonseogi) (hangeul 일본서기)

1. Hanja form^? of 일본서기 (“The Chronicles of Japan”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
日	本	書	紀

Proper noun

日本書紀

1. chữ Hán form of Nhật Bản thư kỷ (“The Chronicles of Japan”).