日裔

rìyì
noun #67,073

Meanings

  1. 1 of Japanese descent
  2. 2 person of Japanese descent

Examples

HSK 5
Zhè wèi rìyì zuòjiā yòng Yīngyǔ xiězuò.
This writer of Japanese descent writes in English.
HSK 6
Bāxī yǒu hěnduō rìyì, tāmen de zǔxiān yìbǎi duō nián qián cóng Rìběn láidào zhèli.
Brazil has many people of Japanese descent, whose ancestors came there from Japan over a hundred years ago.

Tips

usage
日 is short for 日本 'Japan' and 裔 means 'descendant', so the word names descent, not citizenship. Same pattern: 华裔 'of Chinese descent', 韩裔 'of Korean descent', 非裔 'of African descent'.

Stroke Order

日 rì
裔 yì