歸國

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See also: 帰国

Chinese

to go back; to return country; state; nation
trad. (歸國)
simp. (归国)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (28) (28)
Final () (21) (132)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division () III I
Fanqie
Baxter kjw+j kwok
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kʉi/ /kwək̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/kʷɨi/ /kʷək̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/kiuəi/ /kuək̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kuj/ /kwək̚/
Li
Rong
/kiuəi/ /kuək̚/
Wang
Li
/kĭwəi/ /kuək̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/kwe̯i/ /kwək̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
guī guo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gwai1 gwak1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
guī guó
Middle
Chinese
‹ kjwɨj › ‹ kwok ›
Old
Chinese
/*ʷəj/ /*ʷˁək/
English return (v.) 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. 17748 5547
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*klul/ /*kʷɯːɡ/

Verb

歸⫽國 (verb-object) (intransitive)

  1. (formal) to return to one's home country

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (歸國):
  • Japanese: ()(こく) (kikoku)
  • Korean: 귀국(歸國) (gwiguk)

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Hyōgai
こく
Jinmeiyō
on'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 歸國 – see the following entry.
帰国きこく
a return to one's country
to return to one's country
(This term, 歸國, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

歸國 (gwiguk) (hangeul 귀국)

  1. hanja form? of 귀국 (homecoming, returning to one's country)