국

Korean

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [kuk̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [국]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	guk
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	gug
McCune–Reischauer?	kuk
Yale Romanization?	kwuk

Etymology 1

구국굮굯군굱굲 굳굴굵굶굷굸굹 굺굻굼굽굾굿궀 궁궂궃궄궅궆궇
교 ←	→ 궈

Syllable

(deprecated template usage) 국 • (guk)

1. (deprecated template usage) A Hangul syllabic block made up of ㄱ, ㅜ, and ㄱ.

Etymology 2

Of native Korean origin.

Noun

국 • (guk)

1. soup

See also

• 수프 (supeu)
• 찌개 (jjigae)
• 죽 (粥, juk)
• 탕 (湯, tang)

Etymology 3

Sino-Korean word from 國

Noun

국 • (guk) (hanja 國)

1. country; state; nation

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 국왕 (國王, gugwang)
• 한국 (韓國, han'guk)
• 중국 (中國, jungguk)

Etymology 4

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

국 (guk)

1. 菊:

   (MC reading: 菊 (MC kjuwk))

2. 局:

   (MC reading: 局 (MC gjowk))

3. 鞠:

   (MC reading: 鞠 (MC kjuwk|khjuwk|gjuwk))

4. 鞫:

   (MC reading: 鞫 (MC kjuwk))

5. 麴:

   (MC reading: 麴 (MC khjuwk))

6. 𥮗:

   (MC reading: 𥮗)

7. 匊:

   (MC reading: 匊 (MC kjuwk))

8. 掬:

   (MC reading: 掬 (MC kjuwk))

9. 跼:

   (MC reading: 跼 (MC gjowk))

10. 麯:

    (MC reading: 麯)