海里

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

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

Etymology

Calque of English nautical mile, formed as a compound of 海 (kai, “sea, ocean”) +‎ 里 (ri, “league, unit of distance”). First appears in 1872.[1]

Also encountered in some historical texts[2] with the kanji spelling 海哩, using the alternative 哩 (ri, “mile”) character.

Pronunciation

Noun

海(かい)里(り) • (kairi) 

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

See also

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan entry for 航程 (kōtei, “travel by ship”) here, containing a sample sentence from 1901 using this 海哩 spelling
  3. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean
Hanja in this term
海里

Noun

海里 • (haeri) (hangeul 해리)

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

Vietnamese
Hán tự in this term
海里

Noun

海里

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