countries names written in kanji

>>73836474
Tell me about Sweden

>>73836474
I don't understand. What's our name supposed to actually mean?

>>73836559
>TL note: Russia means Russia.

>>73836570
I think that's just the meaning of each individual kanji used to write the name of the country, taken alone and out of context. Put them together and you get a new meaning.

>>73836666
Yeah, but what do they mean together?

>>73836549
瑞典 "beautiful" "book"

>>73836570
亜人
sub human

The fuck is this Japan?
>メキシコ合衆国
>Mekishikogasshūkoku

actually no meaning just for reading and simplicity

>>73836757
Really?
That sounds kind.

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Is this even right? I dont speak weeaboo.

>>73836559
>Billytime

>>73836666
>>73836724
they mean nothing together
we just put those kanji together because they sounds similar to their english name

>>73836559
Ireland, Finland, Poland and the Netherlands form the Orchid Union.

>>73836801
>>73836875
yeah
mexico 墨西哥 "ink" "west" "brother"
>合衆国 just means "united states of"

伯剌西爾 "count" "opposed" "west" "thou"

Ateji is weird

>>73837147
Count as in nobility

What about Spain?

east asian countries actually have meaning in their kanji names
>china 中華人民共和国 republic of people of the central flower
>japan 日本 origin of sun
>south korea 大韓民国 great korean republic
>north kore 朝鮮民主主義人民共和国 republic of democratic people of korea

>>73836474
please give me

- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Guinea-Bissau
- Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
- São Tomé and Príncipe

>>73836474
Tell me about Poland

I don't know. You tell me.

>>73837223
西班牙 west group fang

>>73837458
>朝鮮民主主義人民共和国
Do you guys get used to write that kind of mess at school?
How fast can you write kanji?

>>73836474
>Britain
>superior
yep, seems about right

>>73837593
you need to know like 2000 kanji to read a newspaper

>>73836474
Alright, what characters do you use to write Goushuu?

I wonder if there is any language where my country's name isn't Ice-land or Ice-Island.

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希臘

>>73837471
i-i don't know
>>73837526
羅馬尼亜 net horse nun secondary
>>73837516
波蘭 wave orchid

>>73836474
> 独逸 "alone" "outstanding"
nice

>>73837564
>West Class Tooth in Chinese
>West Group Fang in Japanese

it really stimulates my neurons

>>73837773
濠太剌利 moat fat stab useful

>>73836474
i dont know x(

tell me anon kun :3

>nihon
>doitsu
>amerika
>furansu
>igirisu
>aisurando
>porutogaru
cute. could you do some latino countries pls

>>73837837
Thanks
Net as in fishing net?

>>73837595
>>73837839
yeah i think both have cool kanji too
those kanji names were made like 150 years ago so i think they gave those cool kanji to them because they were by far the most powerful countries back then

>>73838105
chile 智利 wisdom useful
peru 秘露 secret mist
>>73838099
indonesia 印度尼西亜 stamp degree nun west secoundary
>>73838152
everything knitted

>>73838769
Tell me mine

>>73836666
America's (亜米利加) is a phonetic reading of the kanji and has nothing to do with the meaning of the kanji

>>73836474
>america 亜米利加 "secondary" "rice" "useful" "add"
what?

>>73837593
It's not that bad if you break it down
>朝鮮
Korea
>民主
Democracy (literally "people masters")
>主義
Principle (literally "master doctrine", used like "-ism" in English)
So 民主主義 is "the principle of democracy" or just "democratic"
>人民
People
>共和国
Republic (literally "cooperation harmony country")

do norway bls

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>>73836474

>>73836474
What about Argentina?

>>73841326
>>73839297
亜然的音 secondary natural target sound
>>73841024
那威 much power

>>73841555
Norway stronk

>>73841555
Noice trips but what the fuck does my thingy means?

>>73841628
Doesn't really mean anything, ateji country names are just meant to sound like the name of the country.

>>73837010
If it's anything like Japanese, they were merely trying to match the kanji sounds with how their names are in their languages

>>73837785
We just call you island

Panamá?

>>73836559
>Belgium
>Billytime

lewd

>>73838769
It doesn't make fucking sense

>>73836474
阿蘭陀
でも当て字って意味がないね

>>73836771
nice one pastabro

>>73838769
> 秘露
I'd translate it as "secret disclosed" or "secret dew".

>>73836474
I'm not sure about Kanji, but the Hanzi name for [flag] on the other hand...
>the horse comes to east Asia
Sounds pretty mythical.

A bit disappointed Singapore opted for the English-rooted 新加坡 instead of the more badass 獅城…

>>73836474
The name of my province means Peninsula with shore hazardous to ships. Can you make a nice-sounding name for it?

>>73837458
>華
>flower

>>73836474
多米尼加
(many | rice | nun | increase)

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>>73836474

So what about Austria OP?

Tell me about Costa Rica