Word Meaning 支那

しな shina

支那 is read as しな (shina) and means China.

Meaning

English

China

Reading

Kana

しな

Romaji

shina

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 11 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 2級 Rank 8668 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

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支那事変

しなじへん

Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)

支那料理

しなりょうり

Chinese food

支那人

しなじん

Chinese person

支那学

しながく

sinology

支那藤

しなふじ

Chinese wisteria (Wisteria sinensis)

支那実桜

しなみざくら

Chinese sour cherry (Prunus pseudocerasus)

支那竹

しなちく

bamboo shoots boiled, sliced, fermented, dried or preserved in salt, then soaked in hot water and sea salt

支那そば

しなそば

Chinese soba

支那栗

しなぐり

Chinese chestnut (Castanea mollissima)

支那薄色海豚

しなうすいろいるか

Chinese white dolphin (Sousa chinensis chinensis)

中支那

なかしな

Central China

印度支那

いんどしな

Indochina

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支那夜叉 Shina-Yasha