Japanese symbol for “abyssinia”
亜皮西尼
アビシニア
Romaji: abishinia
Abyssinia; Ethiopia
In Japanese, abyssinia is 亜皮西尼, read アビシニア (abishinia).
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Meanings
- n Abyssinia; Ethiopia
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 東亜 | とうあ toua | East Asia; the Orient |
| 亜鉛 | あえん aen | zinc (Zn) |
| 亜熱帯 | あねったい anettai | subtropics |
| 白亜 | はくあ hakua | chalk (rock) |
| 亜流 | ありゅう aryuu | (inferior) imitator; epigone; poor imitation |
| 亜細亜 | アジア ajia | Asia |
| 皮膚 | ひふ hifu | skin |
| 皮肉 | ひにく hiniku | irony; sarcasm; cynicism |
| 東西 | とうざい touzai | east and west |
| 尼僧 | にそう nisou | Buddhist nun |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.