比律賓

Japanese

Etymology
Kanji in this term
比 律 賓
ひ > ふぃ
Grade: 5
(ateji)		 りつ > り
Grade: 6
(ateji)		 ひん > ぴん
Grade: S
(ateji)
irregular
Alternative spellings
比律賓 (kyūjitai)
菲律賓

Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 菲律賓／菲律宾 (Fēilǜbīn). The 比 kanji is used in place of the non-Tōyō character 菲, which shares the same reading.

(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

The kanji are an example of ateji (当て字).

Proper noun

比律賓(フィリピン) • (Firipin) 

  1. Obsolete spelling of フィリピン
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