ロシア

also: ロシヤ

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Common wordJLPTN5Freq.FrequencyTop 2,000

Meanings

1

usually written using kana alone

Standard name for the country Russia.

from Russian Rossiya

Russia is the largest country in the world.

彼かれは来らい年ねんロシアに留りゅう学がくする予よ定ていだ。

He plans to study abroad in Russia next year.

露ろ
ロシア is the standard modern word for the country, while 露 is only an abbreviation used in compounds like 日露 or 対露.

露ろ
露西亜 is the older full ateji spelling for Russia, whereas 露 is just its abbreviated first character used in compound words.
ソビエト
ロシア is the modern nation that succeeded the ソビエト after its 1991 dissolution, so the two are not interchangeable historical entities.

Borrowed from Russian 'Rossiya'.

rarely-used kanji form

魯西亜Usage<1%

ateji (phonetic kanji usage)rarely-used kanji form