国

Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Han character 1.2.1 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Kanji 3.1.1 Readings 3.1.2 Usage notes 3.1.3 Compounds 3.2 Noun 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 5 Mandarin 5.1 Pronunciation 5.2 Noun 5.3 Hanzi 5.3.1 Compounds

[edit] Translingual

Stroke order

simplified	国
traditional	國

[edit] Etymology

Simplified from 國 (或 → 玉)

In this simplified form, this character consists of 玉, the Chinese character for jade (or precious stone or gem) (representing the emperor), enclosed by the character meaning "erect," "proud," or "upright". In the Kangxi Dictionary of 1716 the character 国 is not included, but other characters like 囯, 囶 and 圀 are, as well as a character made up of three 秦. 國 is the original character.

[edit] Han character

国 (radical 31 囗+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 田一土戈 (WMGI), composition ⿴囗玉)

1. nation, country, nation-state

[edit] References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 218, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4752
• Dae Jaweon: page 446, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 716, character 7
• Unihan data for U+56FD

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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

国 (traditional 國, Yale gwok3)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Kanji

国 (grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

[edit] Readings

• On: こく (koku)
• Kun: くに (kuni)

• Style: Shinjitai
  • Kyūjitai equivalent: 國

[edit] Usage notes

The On reading is used in compounds like 中国 (ちゅうごく chūgoku, China) or 国語 (こくご, kokugo). In the word for China; chūgoku- the "k" in "koku" changes into a "g" because it is a compound (see rendaku).

[edit] Compounds

[edit] Noun

国 (hiragana くに, romaji kuni)

1. country

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

国 (hangeul 국, revised guk, McCune-Reischauer kuk)

Note: This Hanja character is not used or recognized in Korea. They teach only the original 國.

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Noun

国 (simplified, Pinyin guó, traditional 國)

1. country; nation

[edit] Hanzi

国 (traditional 國, pinyin guó (guo2), Wade-Giles kuo²)

[edit] Compounds