海里

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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
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Pronunciation

Noun

海里

  1. nautical mile

Synonyms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
海 里
かい
Grade: 2 		り
Grade: 2
on'yomi
Alternative spellings
海里 (kyūjitai)
海哩
浬
 海里 on Japanese Wikipedia
 Nautical mile on Wikipedia

Etymology

Calque of English nautical mile, formed as a compound of 海(かい) (kai, “sea, ocean”) + 里(り) (ri, “league, unit of distance”). First appears in 1872.

Also encountered in some historical texts with the kanji spelling 海哩, using the alternative 哩 (ri, “mile”) character.

Pronunciation

Noun

海(かい)里(り) or 海里(カイリ) • (kairi) 

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

See also

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） (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
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
海里

Noun

海里 • (haeri) (hangeul 해리)

  1. hanja form? of 해리 (“nautical mile”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
海里

Noun

海里

  1. chữ Hán form of hải lý (“nautical mile”)
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