日本国志

Traditional form:

日本國誌

Pinyin (reading):

Rìběn Guózhì

Definitions:

• A Record of Japan, by Huang Zunxian 黃遵憲／黄遵宪 ( Huáng Zūnxiàn), an extended analysis of Meiji Japan

Characters:

• 日 - sun; day; daytime
• 本 - root, origin, source; basis
• 国 - country, nation, state; national
• 志 - determination, will; mark, sign; to record, to write

Traditional characters:

• 日 - sun; day; daytime
• 本 - root, origin, source; basis
• 國 - country, nation, state; national
• 誌 - determination, will; mark, sign; to record, to write