韓国
Japanese edit
Etymology 1 edit
Kanji in this term | |
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韓 | 国 |
かん Grade: S |
こく Grade: 2 |
kan’on |
Alternative spelling |
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韓國 (kyūjitai) |
Shortened from 大韓民国 (Daikan Minkoku, “Republic of Korea”), from Korean 대한민국 (Daehanmin'guk). The archaic sense may be from 大韓帝國 (Daikan Teikoku, “Korean Empire”).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
- South Korea (a country in East Asia)
- (history, archaic) Korea (former empire in East Asia) (1897–1910)
Etymology 2 edit
Kanji in this term | |
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韓 | 国 |
から Grade: S |
くに Grade: 2 |
kun’yomi |
Alternative spellings |
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韓國 (kyūjitai) 唐國 |
Of 韓 (kara, “China; Korea; foreign country”, archaic) and 國 (kuni, “kingdom; country”).[1]
Proper noun edit
- (archaic) Korea (an empire in East Asia; contemporary North Korea and South Korea)
- alternative form of 唐国 (Karakuni; Karakoku, “China”)
See also edit
- 韓国人 (Kankokujin, “Korean person”)
- 韓国語 (Kankokugo, “Korean language”)
- 大韓民国 (Daikan Minkoku, “Republic of Korea”)
- 朝鮮 (Chōsen, “Korea”)
- 北朝鮮 (Kita Chōsen, “North Korea”)
- 朝鮮半島 (Chōsen Hantō, “Korean Peninsula”)
- 唐国 (Karakuni, “China”)
References edit
- ^ “唐国・韓国”. 小学館 全文全訳古語辞典 (Shogakkan zenbu zenyaku kogo jiten). [Shogakkan complete dictionary of archaisms], 2004.
Okinawan edit
Kanji in this term | |
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韓 | 国 |
くゎん Grade: S |
くく Grade: 2 |
Alternative spelling |
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韓國 (kyūjitai) |
Proper noun edit
韓国 (Kwankuku)