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Translingual
Han character
囯 (Kangxi radical 31, 囗+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 田一土 (WMG), four-corner 60104, composition ⿴囗王)
Derived characters
- 𦛢, 𨉽, 𤠪
- 腘 (Exception: Only for Taiwan character. Contains 国 for mainland China character)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 217, character 19
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4716
- Dae Jaweon: page 445, character 2
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 713, character 10
- Unihan data for U+56EF
Chinese
Glyph origin
Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 囗 (“to surround”) + 王 (“king”). Earliest attested form in regular script found in 《宋敬業造象記》 (507 AD).
Definitions
For pronunciation and definitions of 囯 – see 國 (“country; nation; nation-state; kingdom; capital; etc.”).
(This character is the former (1935–1936) ROC simplified, former (1969–1976) Singaporean simplified, and variant form of 國). |
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References
Khitan
Glyph origin
Found on the Memorial for Lord Dorlipun 《多羅里本郎君墓誌碑》, an epitaph written in Khitan large script around 1081 AD.
Etymology
Orthographic borrowing from Middle Chinese 囯, a variant of 國 (MC kwok).
Noun
囯 (transliteration needed)
- country; kingdom
1081, 《多羅里本郎君墓誌碑》 [Memorial for Lord Dorlipun]:
References
- Cong, Yanshuang; Liu, Fengzhu; Chi, Jianxue (叢艷雙，劉鳳翥，池建學) (2005). 契丹大字《多羅里本郎君墓志銘》考釋 (A Textual Research and Explanation on the Inscription for Duoluoliben in Big Qidan Script). 《民族語文》 (Minority Languages of China), issue 4, page 54.
Korean
Hanja
囯 (eumhun 나라 국 (nara guk))
- Alternative form of 國 (“hanja form? of 국 (“country, state, nation”)”)
Vietnamese
Han character
囯: Hán Việt readings: quốc[1]
囯: Nôm readings: quốc[1]
- Alternative form of 國 (“chữ Hán form of quốc (“nation; state; country”).”)
References