亡國

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Chinese

to die; to perish country; state; nation
trad. (亡國)
simp. (亡国)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (4) (28)
Final () (106) (132)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division () III I
Fanqie
Baxter mjang kwok
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/mʉɐŋ/ /kwək̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/mʷiɐŋ/ /kʷək̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/miuɑŋ/ /kuək̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/muaŋ/ /kwək̚/
Li
Rong
/miuaŋ/ /kuək̚/
Wang
Li
/mĭwaŋ/ /kuək̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/miwaŋ/ /kwək̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
wáng guo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
mong4 gwak1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
wáng guó
Middle
Chinese
‹ mjang › ‹ kwok ›
Old
Chinese
/*maŋ/ /*ʷˁək/
English flee; disappear; die state (n.)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 12662 5547
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*maŋ/ /*kʷɯːɡ/

Verb

亡⫽國 (verb-object) (intransitive)

  1. (of a state) to perish

Derived terms

Noun

亡國

  1. (Classical) perished state

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (亡國):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ぼう
Grade: 6
こく
Jinmeiyō
on'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 亡國 – see the following entry.
亡国ぼうこく
the destruction of a country
a perished/destroyed country
(This term, 亡國, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

亡國 (mangguk) (hangeul 망국)

  1. hanja form? of 망국

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Verb

亡國

  1. chữ Hán form of vong quốc (to lose one's country; to perish (of a state)).