日本鬼子

Traditional form:

日本鬼子

Pinyin (reading):

Rìběnguǐzi

Definitions:

• Japanese devil (common term of abuse in wartime China and in subsequent writing)

Characters:

• 日 - sun; day; daytime
• 本 - root, origin, source; basis
• 鬼 - ghost; demon; sly, mischievous
• 子 - son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing

Traditional characters:

• 日 - sun; day; daytime
• 本 - root, origin, source; basis
• 鬼 - ghost; demon; sly, mischievous
• 子 - son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing