マイル

㍄ U+3344, ㍄
SQUARE MAIRU
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[U+3345]

Japanese
Alternative spellings
㍄
哩 (rare, archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from English mile.[1][2][3]

Dated to roughly 1869.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

マイル • (mairu) 

  1. a mile

References
  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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