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Chinese
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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王
|
國
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| Reading #
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1/2
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
|
wáng
|
guó
|
Middle
Chinese
|
‹ hjwang ›
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‹ kwok ›
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Old
Chinese
|
/*ɢʷaŋ/
|
/*ʷˁək/
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| English
|
king
|
state (n.)
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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.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
|
王
|
國
|
| Reading #
|
1/2
|
1/1
|
| No.
|
12742
|
5547
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Phonetic
component
|
王
|
或
|
Rime
group
|
陽
|
職
|
Rime
subdivision
|
0
|
0
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Corresponding
MC rime
|
王
|
國
|
Old
Chinese
|
/*ɢʷaŋ/
|
/*kʷɯːɡ/
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Noun
王國
- kingdom; realm
Derived terms
Descendants
Others:
Japanese
Noun
王國 • (ōkoku) ←わうこく (waukoku)?
- Kyūjitai form of 王国 (“kingdom”)
Korean
Noun
王國 • (wangguk) (hangeul 왕국)
- Hanja form? of 왕국 (“kingdom”).
Vietnamese
Noun
王國
- chữ Hán form of vương quốc (“kingdom”).