國教

Chinese

		country; state; nation	teach; teaching; religion
trad. (國教)		國	教
simp. (国教)		国	教

Etymology

The sense "education provided by the state" is attestable in pre-Qin texts.

The sense of "state religion" is an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 国教(こっきょう) (kokkyō). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guójiào

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄐㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwok³ gaau³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kok-kàu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guójiào
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄐㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guójiào
    • Wade–Giles: kuo²-chiao⁴
    • Yale: gwó-jyàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gwojiaw
    • Palladius: гоцзяо (goczjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɔ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwok³ gaau³
    • Yale: gwok gaau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwok⁸ gaau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: guog³ gao³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɔːk̚³ kaːu̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kok-kàu
    • Tâi-lô: kok-kàu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kokkaux
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /kɔk̚³²⁻⁴ kau²¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ kau⁴¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔk̚³²⁻⁵ kau²¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /kɔk̚³²⁻⁴ kau¹¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔk̚³²⁻⁴ kau²¹/

Noun

國教

1. state religion
2. (literary) education provided by the state; national education
3. (Hong Kong) short for 德育及國民教育科／德育及国民教育科 (déyù jí guómín jiàoyù kē); a controversial proposed school subject covering patriotism education in 2012

Japanese

Kanji in this term
國	教
こく > こっ Jinmeiyō	きょう Grade: 2
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 國教 – see the following entry.

【国教こっきょう】 [noun] state religion

(This term, 國教, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
國	教

Noun

國教 • (gukgyo) (hangeul 국교)

1. alternative form of 國敎 (“state religion”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
國	教

Noun

國教

1. chữ Hán form of quốc giáo (“state religion”)