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王国

王国

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of – see 王國.
(This term, 王国, is the simplified form of 王國.)
Notes:

Japanese

Kanji in this term
おう
Grade: 1
こく
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 王國 (/hjwang kwok/, “kingdom”). Compare modern Chinese 王国 (wángguó).

Pronunciation

  • On'yomi
  • IPA(key): [o̞ːko̞kɯᵝ], [o̞ːko̞kɯ̥ᵝ]

Noun

王国 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 王國, hiragana おうこく, romaji ōkoku, historical hiragana わうこく)

  1. kingdom

See also

References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.