国

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See also: 國 and 囯
国 U+56FD, 国
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-56FD
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[U+56FE]

Translingual[edit]

Japanese 国
Simplified 国
Traditional 國
Stroke order (Mainland China)
8 strokes
Stroke order
(Mainland China)
国-order.gif
Stroke order
(Japan)
国-jorder.gif

Han character[edit]

国 (radical 31, 囗+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 田一土戈 (WMGI), four-corner 60103, composition ⿴囗玉)

Derived characters[edit]

Related characters[edit]

References[edit]

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

Chinese[edit]

Glyph origin[edit]

Simplified from 國 (或 → 玉). Also compare 囯, an unorthodox variant of 國 that contains 王 (“king”) instead of 玉 (“jade”).

Definitions[edit]

For pronunciation and definitions of 国 – see 國 (“country; nation; nation-state; kingdom; capital; etc.”).
(This character, 国, is the simplified and variant form of 國.)
Notes:

Japanese[edit]

Shinjitai

国

Kyūjitai

國

Kanji[edit]

国

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 國)

Readings[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Compounds

Etymology 1[edit]

Kanji in this term
国
くに
Grade: 2
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
國 (kyūjitai)

From Old Japanese. Found in the Nihon Shoki completed in 720, and in the Man'yōshū completed some time after 759.[1] Perhaps related to Middle Chinese 郡 (MC ɡɨunH, “geographic region: commandery, prefecture”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

国(くに) • (kuni) 

  1. a land, a large place
  2. a country in general, a region
  3. a country as in a nation, a state
    • 1998 November 30 [Nov 25 1990], Fujiko F. Fujio, のび太(た)とアニマル惑星(プラネット) [Nobita and the Animal Planet] (大長編ドラえもん; 10), volume 10 (fiction), 22nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 27:
      ねえねえ、今(いま)の地(ち)図(ず)みた⁉
      Nē nē, ima no chizu mita⁉
      Hey look, isn’t that a map!?
      みた！いったいここはなんという国(くに)だろう。
      Mita! Ittai koko wa nan to iu kuni darō.
      It is! And what country is this anyway?
      クニ？クニってなあに。
      Kuni? Kuni tte nāni.
      Country? What’s a country?
      アメリカとか中(ちゅう)国(ごく)とかいろいろあるじゃない。
      Amerika toka Chūgoku toka iroiro aru ja nai.
      There are countries like America and China, aren’t there?
      ぼくらは日(にっ)本(ぽん)からきたんだけど…。
      Bokura wa Nippon kara kitan dakedo….
      We’re from Japan, by the way....
      ニッポン？きいたことない。
      Nippon? Kiita koto nai.
      Japan? I’ve never heard of that before.
  4. the office of emperor, the crown; affairs of state
  5. a province of ancient Japan
  6. the national government in ancient Japan; the national capital in ancient Japan
  7. one's birthplace
Synonyms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Kanji in this term
国
こく
Grade: 2
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
國 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 國 (MC kwək̚, “country, nation”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

国(こく) • (koku) 

  1. a land, a large place
  2. a country in general, a region
  3. a country as in a nation, a state
Usage notes[edit]

Most often found in compounds.

References[edit]

  1. ^ 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. ^ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

国 (eumhun 나라 국 (nara guk))

  1. Alternative form of 國 (“Hanja form? of 국 (“country; state; nation; land”).”)

References[edit]

Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

国: Hán Việt readings: quốc[1][2]
国: Nôm readings: quốc[1]

  1. Alternative form of 國 (“Hán tự form of quốc (“(only in compounds) nation; state; country”).”)

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Nguyễn et al. (2009).
  2. ^ Trần (2004).
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