国境

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Chinese

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For pronunciation and definitions of – see 國境 (“border of a country”).
(This term is the simplified form of 國境).
Notes:

Japanese

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Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
こく > こっ
Grade: 2
きょう
Grade: 5
on'yomi goon
Alternative spelling
國境 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 國境 (MC kwok kjaengX). First attested in a portion of the Shoku Nihongi dated to 706.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(こっ)(きょう) (kokkyōこくきやう (kokukyau)?

  1. [from 706] a national border or frontier (part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region)
    Synonyms: 国界 (kokkai), 国境 (kunizakai)
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
くに
Grade: 2
さかい > ざかい
Grade: 5
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
國境 (kyūjitai)
国界

Compound of (くに) (kuni, province; country) + (さかい) (sakai, border). The sakai changes to zakai as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

First attested in 1660.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(くに)(ざかい) (kunizakaiくにざかひ (kunizakafi)?

  1. [from 1660] a national or provincial border or frontier
    Synonyms: 国境 (kokkyō), 国界 (kokkai)
    信濃(しなの)武蔵(むさし)(くに)(ざかい)
    Shinano to Musashi no kunizakai ni
    on the border between Shinano and Musashi
Usage notes
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This reading is usually restricted to the context of historical Japanese geography.

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN