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海里

海里

Chinese

ocean; sea li, a Chinese unit of length
simp. and trad.
(海里)
anagram 里海

Noun

海里

  1. nautical mile

Japanese

Kanji in this term
かい
Grade: 2

Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 海里 (xojX liX, literally sea, ocean + unit of distance). Compare modern Mandarin reading hǎilǐ.

Pronunciation

Alternative forms

Noun

海里 (hiragana かいり, romaji kairi)

  1. a nautical mile: the length of roughly one minute of latitude, 1,852 meters

See also

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9