日本国

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 日本国 – see 日本國 (“State of Japan”). (This term is the simplified form of 日本國).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
日	本	国
にち > に Grade: 1	ほん Grade: 1	こく Grade: 2
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
日本國 (kyūjitai)

日本(にほん) (nihon) + 国(こく) (koku)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɲ̟ihõ̞ŋko̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Proper noun

日(に)本(ほん)国(こく) • (Nihonkoku) 

1. State of Japan (de facto official name of Japan, 1947 to present)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
日	本	国
にち > にっ Grade: 1	ほん > ぽん Grade: 1	こく Grade: 2
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
日本國 (kyūjitai)

日本(にっぽん) (nippon) + 国(こく) (koku)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɲ̟ip̚põ̞ŋko̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Proper noun

日(にっ)本(ぽん)国(こく) • (Nipponkoku) 

1. (rare) State of Japan (de facto official name of Japan, 1947 to present)