マイル

㍄ U+3344, ㍄
SQUARE MAIRU
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[U+3345]

Japanese
Alternative spellings
㍄
哩 (rare, archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from English mile.[1][2][3]

Dated to roughly 1869.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

マイル • (mairu) 

  1. a mile

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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