國字

Chinese

		country; state; nation	letter; symbol; character letter; symbol; character; word
trad. (國字)		國	字
simp. (国字)		国	字

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guózì

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄗˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwok³ zi⁶
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷koq-zy₆

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guózì
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄗˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guózìh
    • Wade–Giles: kuo²-tzŭ⁴
    • Yale: gwó-dz̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gwotzyh
    • Palladius: гоцзы (goczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɔ³⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwok³ zi⁶
    • Yale: gwok jih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwok⁸ dzi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: guog³ ji⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɔːk̚³ t͡siː²²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁷koq-zy₆
    • MiniDict: koh^入 zy^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴koq-zr₃
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /koʔ³³ zz̩⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: kwok dziH

Rime
Character	國	字
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	德 (132)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	古或切	疾置切
Baxter	kwok	dziH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kwək̚/	/d͡zɨH/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷək̚/	/d͡zɨH/
Shao Rongfen	/kuək̚/	/d͡zieH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwək̚/	/d͡zɨH/
Li Rong	/kuək̚/	/d͡ziəH/
Wang Li	/kuək̚/	/d͡zĭəH/
Bernard Karlgren	/kwək̚/	/d͡zʱiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guo	zì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gwak1	zi6

Noun

國字

1. Chinese character
2. national script; national writing system

   Synonym: 國書／国书 (guóshū)

   1. (of Japan) Japanese characters (kanji); Japanese characters originally invented in Japan; kokuji

      Synonyms: 和國字／和国字 (héguózì), 和國漢字／和国汉字 (héguóhànzì)

   2. (of Korea) Hangeul (Korean national script)

      Synonyms: 諺文／谚文 (yànwén), 韓文／韩文 (Hánwén), 韓字／韩字, 朝鮮字母／朝鲜字母, 韓國字母／韩国字母, 韓語字母／韩语字母

   3. (obsolete) 'Phags-pa script [Yuan dynasty]

      Synonyms: 八思巴文 (bāsībā wén), 八思巴字 (bāsībā zì), 蒙古新字 (ménggǔ xīn zì) (obsolete)

Synonyms

• (Chinese character):

• 中國字／中国字 (zhōngguózì)
• 中文字 (zhōngwénzì)
• 咱人字 (Hokkien)
• 唐人字 (Hokkien)
• 唐字 (tong⁴ zi⁶) (Cantonese)
• 漢字／汉字 (hànzì)
• 漢文字／汉文字 (Hokkien)

 

Derived terms

• 和國字／和国字 (héguózì)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
國	字
こく Jinmeiyō	じ Grade: 1
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 國字 – see the following entry.

【国字こくじ】 [noun] kokuji (kanji invented outside of China)

(This term, 國字, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
國	字

Noun

國字 • (gukja) (hangeul 국자)

1. Hanja form^? of 국자 (“hangeul, national Korean script”).