百濟
Chinese
phonetic | |||
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trad. (百濟) | 百 | 濟 | |
simp. (百济) | 百 | 济 |
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Descendants
Old Japanese
Etymology
From Old Korean 居陀羅 (*Kutara, name of an important place in Baekje territory).[1]
The kanji spelling is an orthographic borrowing from Middle Chinese 百濟 (MC paek tsejH).
Derived terms
- 百濟王 (Kudara no2 ko2niki1si)
Descendants
- Japanese: 百済 (Kudara)
References
- “百済”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”) (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
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