全国

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 全国 – see 全國 (“national; the whole country; the entire nation”). (This term is the simplified form of 全國).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
全	国
ぜん Grade: 3	こく Grade: 2
goon	on’yomi

Alternative spelling
全國 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 全國 (MC dzjwen kwok, literally “whole country”).

First attested in the mid-1800s.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ぜ​んこく [zéꜜǹkòkù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [d͡zẽ̞ŋko̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

全(ぜん)国(こく) • (zenkoku) 

1. the whole country; the entire nation
2. nationwide; countrywide
3. (chiefly) all of Japan

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
全	国
ぜん Grade: 3	こく > ごく Grade: 2
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
全國 (kyūjitai)

Noun

全(ぜん)国(ごく) • (zengoku) 

1. Same as above

Usage notes

• The zengoku reading is much less common than the above and is not included in any monolingual Japanese dictionary, including the Nihon Kokugo Daijiten.