倭寇

Chinese
Japanese bandit
trad. (倭寇) 倭 寇
simp. #(倭寇) 倭 寇

Pronunciation

Noun

倭寇

  1. (historical) wokou (pirates from a mixture of ethnicities who raided the coastlines of China and Korea from the 13th to 16th centuries)
  2. (derogatory) Japanese person

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (倭寇):

See also

Japanese
Kanji in this term
倭 寇
わ
Jinmeiyō		 こう
Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Etymology

From Chinese 倭 (wō, “Japanese”) + 寇 (kòu, “bandit, brigand”).

Noun

倭(わ)寇(こう) • (wakō) 

  1. (historical) wokou (pirates from a mixture of ethnicities who raided the coastlines of China and Korea from the 13th to 16th centuries)

Korean
Hanja in this term
倭寇

Noun

倭寇 • (waegu) (hangeul 왜구)

  1. Hanja form? of 왜구 (“wokou (pirates from a mixture of ethnicities who raided the coastlines of China and Korea from the 13th to 16th centuries)”).

Vietnamese
Hán tự in this term
倭寇

Noun

倭寇

  1. chữ Hán form of Nụy Khấu (“wokou (pirates from a mixture of ethnicities who raided the coastlines of China and Korea from the 13th to 16th centuries)”).
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