國事

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Chinese

country; state; nation
matter; thing; item
matter; thing; item; work; affair
 
trad. (國事)
simp. (国事)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 2/2
Initial () (28) (20)
Final () (132) (19)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division () I III
Fanqie
Baxter kwok dzriH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kwək̚/ /d͡ʒɨH/
Pan
Wuyun
/kʷək̚/ /ɖ͡ʐɨH/
Shao
Rongfen
/kuək̚/ /d͡ʒieH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kwək̚/ /ɖ͡ʐɨH/
Li
Rong
/kuək̚/ /d͡ʒiəH/
Wang
Li
/kuək̚/ /d͡ʒĭəH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kwək̚/ /ɖ͡ʐʱiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
guo zhì
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gwak1 zi6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
guó shì
Middle
Chinese
‹ kwok › ‹ dzriH ›
Old
Chinese
/*ʷˁək/ /*rəʔ-s/
English state (n.) serve; service, affair

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 2/2
No. 5547 11486
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kʷɯːɡ/ /*zrɯs/
Notes

Noun

國事

  1. national affairs; matters of national interest

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