nikkei

English

Etymology

Japanese 日系 (Nikkei にっけい), from Middle Chinese 日 (nyit "Sun", "Japan") + 系 (ɣèj "descendants").

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /nik.kɛi/, enPR: nēk•kĕē, enPR: knee•kay

Noun

nikkei (plural nikkeis or nikkei)

A Japanese emigrant or a descendant thereof who is not a citizen of Japan. Commonly used in Japan to refer to people of Japanese ancestry that are living abroad as citizens of other countries.
the value of shares on the Tokyo Stock Exchange

Translations

a person or people of the Japanese diaspora

Chinese:
Mandarin: 日僑, 日侨 (Rìqiáo)
Japanese: 日系 (ja) (にっけい, Nikkei), 日系人 (ja) (にっけいじん, Nikkeijin)

Korean: 니케이 (Nikei), 닛케이 (Nitkei), 닛케이진 (Nitkeijin)
Russian: никкэ́й m or f (nikkɛ́j)

See also

Spanish

Noun

nikkei m or f (plural nikkeis)

nikkei

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