国会

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 国会 – see 國會 (“congress; national assembly; parliament; diet”). (This term is the simplified form of 國會).

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

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
国	会
こく > こっ Grade: 2	かい Grade: 2
kan'on

Alternative spelling
國會 (kyūjitai)

Etymology 1

From Chinese 國會／国会 (guóhuì).

Proper noun

1. the National Diet (Japan's bicameral legislature)
2. the Cortes Generales (Spain's bicameral legislature)
3. the Parliament (France's bicameral legislature; Sri Lanka's and Singapore's unicameral legislature)
4. the House of Nation (Bangladesh's unicameral legislature)

Etymology 2

From Korean 국회 (Gukhoe).

Proper noun

1. the National Assembly (South Korea's unicameral legislature)

Etymology 3

From Vietnamese quốc hội.

Proper noun

1. the National Assembly (Vietnam's unicameral legislature)

See also

• 議(ぎ)会(かい) (gikai, “diet; parliament; congress”)
• 国(こく)民(みん)議(ぎ)会(かい) (Kokumin Gikai)
• 参(さん)議(ぎ)院(いん) (Sangīn, “House of Councillors”)
• 衆(しゅう)議(ぎ)院(いん) (Shūgīn, “House of Representatives”)