王國

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Chinese

king; Wang (proper name) country; state; nation
trad. (王國)
simp. (王国)
anagram 國王国王

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Initial () (35) (28)
Final () (106) (132)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division () III I
Fanqie
Baxter hjwang kwok
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦʉɐŋ/ /kwək̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦʷiɐŋ/ /kʷək̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣiuɑŋ/ /kuək̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦuaŋ/ /kwək̚/
Li
Rong
/ɣiuaŋ/ /kuək̚/
Wang
Li
/ɣĭwaŋ/ /kuək̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/iwaŋ/ /kwək̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
wáng guo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
wong4 gwak1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
wáng guó
Middle
Chinese
‹ hjwang › ‹ kwok ›
Old
Chinese
/*ɢʷaŋ/ /*ʷˁək/
English king 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 # 1/2 1/1
No. 12742 5547
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɢʷaŋ/ /*kʷɯːɡ/

Noun

王國

  1. kingdom; realm

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (王國):

Others:

Japanese

Kanji in this term
おう
Grade: 1
こく
Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

Noun

(おう)(こく) (ōkokuわうこく (waukoku)?

  1. Kyūjitai form of 王国 (kingdom)

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

王國 (wangguk) (hangeul 왕국)

  1. hanja form? of 왕국 (kingdom)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

王國

  1. chữ Hán form of vương quốc (kingdom).