What does japan call itself

How many I's do you have? Why Japan is Japan? How Japan became Japan? Japanese call Japan as "Nihon or Nippon". On bank notes and postal stamps, "Nippon" is printed. But I suppose foreigners have more chance of hearing "Nippon" than hearing "Nihon". But in case of cheering at sports games, "Nippon" has more impact and easy to make rhythm. So, when you watch TV program of sports games, naturally no "Nihon" will be heard. The kanji for Japan is.

So the meaning of Japan is "origin of the sun". Another meaning of is "day". Days revolve with the movement of the sun. The usual meaning of is a "book". A book is the origin of knowledges. Why japanese came to the idea of "origin of the sun"? Going back to The prince "Shohtoku taishi" then on duty of the regency sent a letter to the emperor of China called "Zui" at that time saying "Here I the emperor of the country where the sun rises send a letter to the emperor of the country where the sun sets.

How are you. This letter is said the origin of the country name for. Another pronunciation for is "hinomoto" though very rarely used. Each Kanji has at least two pronunciations in Japan, one is the chinese-wise pronunciation we call it "on-yomi" meaning sound-wise pronunciation for the kanji.

Kanji means chinese letter. Kanji is written as. It means Chinese letter. Thus the pronunciation for is "nichi" or "jitsu" by "on-yomi" and "hi" by "kun-yomi". Similarly is pronounced "hon" or "pon" by "on-yomi" and "moto" by "kun-yomi". How became "Japan"? His book was translated in many languages. Korean pronunciate as "il bon" that is korean way of chinese-wise pronunciation. What was the name of Japan before ? It is believed ancient japanese called their country as "Yamato" though the place of "Yamato" is a target of discussion.

There are so many places that has the name of "Yamato" with some variations of kanji expression typically. The latter can be read as "Yamato". In japanese mountainous geography, there are a lot of such a places. Moreover, can not be read as "Yamato" in regular reading rule. It should be originally mountain related name. According to a historiography in China, in , "Himiko" the queen of "Yamatai" country sent a delegate to the country of "Gi".

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