Word Meaning 高麗

こま koma

高麗 is read as こま (koma) and means Goguryeo (ancient Korean kingdom; 37 BCE-668 CE).

Meaning

English

Goguryeo (ancient Korean kingdom; 37 BCE-668 CE)
Korean
introduced from Goryeo

Reading

Kana

こま

Romaji

koma

Writing Variants

狛こま koma

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 29 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 120426 Priority S

Related Vocabulary

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高句麗

こうくり

Goguryeo (ancient Korean kingdom; 37 BCE-668 CE)

高麗人参

こうらいにんじん

Asian ginseng (Panax ginseng)

高麗航空

こうらいこうくう

Air Koryo

高麗楽

こまがく

old Japanese court music from the Nara period

高麗芝

こうらいしば

Korean lawn grass

高麗海老

こうらいえび

Chinese white shrimp (Fenneropenaeus chinensis)

高麗尺

こまじゃく

Korean shaku (approx. 35.6 cm)

高麗笛

こまぶえ

Korean flute (horizontal bamboo flute with six holes; highest-pitched flute used in gagaku)

高麗親睨

こうらいおやにらみ

Coreoperca herzi (species of temperate perch)

高麗茶碗

こうらいぢゃわん

Koryo dynasty tea bowl

高麗雉

こうらいきじ

common pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)

高麗鶯

こうらいうぐいす

black-naped oriole (Oriolus chinensis)

Example Sentences

古い本では狛を高麗の古い呼び名として説明している。

ふるいほんではこまをこまのふるいよびなとしてせつめいしている。

An old book explains this character as an old name for a region of Korea.

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