敵國

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Chinese

enemy; match country; state; nation
trad. (敵國)
simp. (敌国)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (7) (28)
Final () (127) (132)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division () IV I
Fanqie
Baxter dek kwok
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/dek̚/ /kwək̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/dek̚/ /kʷək̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/dɛk̚/ /kuək̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/dɛjk̚/ /kwək̚/
Li
Rong
/dek̚/ /kuək̚/
Wang
Li
/diek̚/ /kuək̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/dʱiek̚/ /kwək̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
guo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
dik6 gwak1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
guó
Middle
Chinese
‹ dek › ‹ kwok ›
Old
Chinese
/*ˁek/ /*ʷˁək/
English oppose; enemy 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. 2340 5547
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*deːɡ/ /*kʷɯːɡ/

Noun

敵國

  1. enemy state; enemy country