國

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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 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 4.1.1 Compounds 5 Mandarin 5.1 Noun 5.2 Hanzi 6 Min Nan 6.1 Hanzi 7 Vietnamese 7.1 Hán Tự

[edit] Translingual

Stroke order

Traditional stroke order Modern stroke order

[edit] Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 囗 + phonetic 或

[edit] Han character

國 (radical 31 囗+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 田戈口一 (WIRM), four-corner 6015₃, composition ⿴囗或)

1. nation, country, nation-state

[edit] References

• KangXi: page 219, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4798
• Dae Jaweon: page 447, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 720, character 9
• Unihan data for U+570B

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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

國 (simplified 国, jyutping gwok3, Yale gwok3)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Kanji

國 (uncommon kanji)

[edit] Readings

• On: こく (koku)
• Kun: くに (kuni)

• Style: Kyūjitai
  • Shinjitai equivalent: 国

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

國
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 국 (revised: guk, McCune-Reischauer: kuk, Yale: kwuk)

• Name (hangeul): 나라 (revised: nara, McCune-Reischauer: nara, Yale: nala)

1. country, state, nation, land

[edit] Compounds

中國人 (중국인, Jung-gug-in) 國語 (국어, gug-eo) 美國 (미국 Miguk)

美國英語 (미국 영어, Miguk Yeong-eo) 中華民國 (중화민국, Junghwa Minguk) 共和國 (공화국, gonghwaguk)

韓國 (한국, Hanguk) 英國 (영국, Yeongguk)

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Noun

國 (traditional, Pinyin guó, simplified 国)

1. country; nation

[edit] Hanzi

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

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[edit] Min Nan

[edit] Hanzi

國 (POJ kok)

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[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Hán Tự

國 (quốc, cuốc)