日本书纪

Traditional form:

日本書紀

Pinyin (reading):

Rìběnshūjì

Definitions:

• Nihonshoki or Chronicles of Japan (c. 720) book of mythology and history

Characters:

• 日 - sun; day; daytime
• 本 - root, origin, source; basis
• 书 - book, letter, document; writing
• 纪 - discipline, age; period, era; record, annal

Traditional characters:

• 日 - sun; day; daytime
• 本 - root, origin, source; basis
• 書 - book, letter, document; writing
• 紀 - discipline, age; period, era; record, annal