Chinese
朝鲜 / 朝鮮 [Cháoxiǎn]
North Korea; Korea as geographic term; Taiwan pr. [Cháoxiān]
Japanese
Korea
Korean
조선 [朝鮮]
Joseon; A dynasty that existed on the Korean Peninsula; in 1392, it was founded by Yi Seonggye on the basis of on Neo-Confucian ideals after he had overthrown the Goryeo Dynasty and relocated the capital to Hanyang; it fell in 1910 after having been deprived of its sovereignty by Japan.
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朝鮮 ちょうせん
Chōsen place name
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