中国地方 - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
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| Kanji in this term | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 中 | 国 | 地 | 方 |
| ちゅう Grade: 1 |
こく > ごく Grade: 2 |
ち Grade: 2 |
ほう Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi | kan'on |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 中國地方 (kyūjitai) |
From 中国 (Chūgoku, collective term for the provinces in the historical 山陰道 (San'indō) and 山陽道 (San'yōdō) regions) + 地方 (-chihō, “area”).
中(ちゅう)国(ごく)地(ち)方(ほう) • (Chūgoku-chihō) ←ちゆうごくちはう (Tyuugokutifau)?
- the Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori, and Shimane)
- 山陰山陽地方(さんいんさんようちほう) (San'in-San'yō-chihō, used to avoid confusion with China)