noun
Mohe; Tungusic tribe
Archaic term for the Mohe, a Tungusic people mentioned in ancient Chinese and Japanese records. See also 靺鞨 (まっかつ).
See also: 靺鞨
勿吉は古代中国の文献に登場する民族の一つである。
The Mohe are one of the ethnic groups that appear in ancient Chinese documents.
Historical kanji spelling for the Mohe people.
Kana spelling; useful for learners unfamiliar with the kanji.
The term 勿吉 is a historical Chinese exonym for the Mohe people. The exact derivation is uncertain; it is a phonetic transcription of a foreign ethnonym.