西藏

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Chinese

west phonetic
trad. (西藏) 西 藏
simp. #(西藏) 西 藏
2nd round simp. 西䒙
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Etymology

First attested in the late 16th century, in Ming dynasty official documents. 西 (xī, “west”) denotes the location of Tibet relative to the Qinghai Lake, while 藏 (Zàng) is a shortening of 烏思藏／乌思藏 (Wūsīzàng, “Ü-Tsang”), which was borrowed from Tibetan དབུས་གཙང (dbus gtsang) (Li, 2016).

Manchu ᠸᠠᡵᡤᡳ
ᡯᠠᠩ (wargi dzang, “Ü-Tsang; Tibet”, literally “west dzang”) appears to be a calque of 西藏 (Li, 2018).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

西藏

  1. Tibet (cultural area)
  2. (～自治區, formerly ～地方) Tibet Autonomous Region (an autonomous region of China; capital: Lhasa)

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Sino-Xenic (西藏):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
西 藏
せい
Grade: 2 		ぞう
Jinmeiyō
on'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 西藏 – see the following entry.
【西蔵せいぞう】
(rare) Synonym of チベット (Chibetto, “Tibet”); Xizang
【西蔵チベット】
Rare spelling of チベット (“Tibet”).
(This term, 西藏, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
西藏

Proper noun

西藏 • (Seojang) (hangeul 서장)

  1. hanja form? of 서장 (“Tibet”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
西藏

Proper noun

西藏

  1. chữ Hán form of Tây Tạng (“Tibet”).
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