海里
Chinese
| ocean; sea | li, a Chinese unit of length | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (海里) |
海 | 里 | |
| alternative forms | 海浬 海哩 | ||
| anagram | 里海 | ||
Pronunciation
Noun
海里
- nautical mile
- 1958, State Council of the People's Republic of China, “Declaration of the Government of the People's Republic of China on the Territorial Sea”, in Gazette of the State Council of the People's Republic of China, page 639:
Synonyms
- 浬 (lǐ)
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 海 | 里 |
| かい Grade: 2 |
り Grade: 2 |
| on’yomi | |
| Alternative spellings |
|---|
| 海里 (kyūjitai) 海哩 浬 |
Etymology
Calque of English nautical mile, formed as a compound of 海 (kai, “sea, ocean”) + 里 (ri, “league, unit of distance”). First appears in 1872.[1]
Also encountered in some historical texts[2] with the kanji spelling 海哩, using the alternative 哩 (ri, “mile”) character.
See also
- ノット (notto): a knot, a unit of speed equivalent to one nautical mile per hour
References
- Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN entry for 航程 (kōtei, “travel by ship”) here, containing a sample sentence from 1901 using this 海哩 spelling
- Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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