"亜細亜" meaning in Japanese

See 亜細亜 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: [a̠ʑia̠] Forms: 亜細亜 [canonical] (ruby: 亜細亜(アジア)), Ajia [romanization]
Etymology: Ateji (当て字), from Chinese 亞細亞／亚细亚 (yàxìyà). Etymology templates: {{m|ja|当て字}} 当て字, {{sortkey|ja|亜細亜}} あしあ', {{ateji|c2=y}} Ateji (当て字), {{bor|ja|zh|亞細亞|sort=あじあ}} Chinese 亞細亞／亚细亚 (yàxìyà) Head templates: {{ja-pos|proper|アジア}} 亜細亜(アジア) • (Ajia)
  1. Dated spelling of アジア (Ajia, “Asia (a continent)”). Categories (place): Continents
    Sense id: en-亜細亜-ja-name--Not7lHm Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 49 51 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

IPA: [a̠ʑija̠] Forms: 亜細亜 [canonical] (ruby: 亜細亜(アジヤ)), Ajiya [romanization]
Etymology: Ateji (当て字), from Chinese 亞細亞／亚细亚 (yàxìyà). Etymology templates: {{m|ja|当て字}} 当て字, {{sortkey|ja|亜細亜}} あしあ', {{ateji|c2=y}} Ateji (当て字), {{bor|ja|zh|亞細亞|sort=あじあ}} Chinese 亞細亞／亚细亚 (yàxìyà) Head templates: {{ja-pos|proper|アジヤ}} 亜細亜(アジヤ) • (Ajiya)
  1. Alternative spelling of アジヤ (Ajia, “(obsolete) Asia (a continent)”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: アジヤ (extra: (Ajia, “(obsolete) Asia (a continent)”)) Categories (place): Continents
    Sense id: en-亜細亜-ja-name-ve6vt1di Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 49 51 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for 亜細亜 meaning in Japanese (4.3kB)

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