祖国

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 祖国 – see 祖國 (“homeland; home country; motherland; fatherland; ancestral land”). (This term, 祖国, is the simplified form of 祖國.)

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

Japanese

Kanji in this term
祖	国
そ Grade: 5	こく Grade: 2
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
祖國 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [so̞ko̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

祖(そ)国(こく) • (sokoku) 

1. homeland, motherland, fatherland

   彼(かれ)らは祖国(そこく)への望郷(ぼうきょう)の思(おも)いを募(つの)らせた。

   Kare-ra wa sokoku e no bōkyō no omoi o tsunoraseta.

   They had waves of nostalgia for the fatherland.