唐から人びと

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Meanings

archaic

Archaic term used in historical contexts to refer to people from China or Korea. The specific meaning depends on the kanji used: 唐人 for Chinese, 韓人 for Korean, and 漢人 also for Chinese. In modern Japanese, 中国人 and 韓国人 are used instead.

昔むかし、日本にほんに渡わたってきた唐から人びとや韓から人びとは、からびとと呼よばれた。
Long ago, Chinese and Korean people who came to Japan were called karabito.

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Kanji

唐T'ang, China, foreign
人person
韓Korea
漢Sino-, China

Related words

中ちゅう国ごく人じん
Modern standard term for a Chinese person; 唐人 is archaic.
韓かん国こく人じん
Modern standard term for a Korean person; 韓人 is archaic.

Built from

唐から+人ひと

Written forms

唐から人びと
Archaic term; the kanji 唐 originally referred to Tang China but later came to mean China or foreign lands in general.
韓から人びと
Archaic variant specifically for a Korean person; 韓 refers to Korea.
漢人からびと
Archaic variant; 漢 can refer to China or the Han dynasty.

Etymology

From 唐 (kara, an old name for China/Korea) + 人 (hito, person), with rendaku voicing to びと. The kanji 唐 originally referred to Tang China but later broadened to mean foreign lands, especially China and Korea.