新興国

Japanese

新興国 (shinkō koku): emerging countries around the world.

新興国 (shinkō koku): newly industrialized countries.

Kanji in this term
新	興	国
しん Grade: 2	こう Grade: 5	こく Grade: 2
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
新興國 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 新興 (shinkō, “burgeoning, rising”) +‎ 国 (koku, “country”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しんこ​ーこく [shìńkóꜜò kòkù] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [ɕĩŋko̞ː ko̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

新(しん)興(こう)国(こく) • (shinkō koku) 

1. emerging country, newly industrialized country
2. (dated) a newly independent country, no longer a colony

Usage notes

A country labeled as a 新興国 in Japanese could be deemed in English to be either an emerging country or a newly industrialized country, or even both, depending on the context.

The sense of no longer a colony is no longer used in modern contexts.

Related terms

• 先(せん)進(しん)国(こく) (senshin koku): developed country
• 発(はっ)展(てん)途(と)上(じょう)国(こく) (hatten tojō koku): developing country
• 開(かい)発(はつ)途(と)上(じょう)国(こく) (kaihatsu tojō koku): developing country (less common synonym of 発展途上国)
• 低(てい)開(かい)発(はつ)国(こく) (tei kaihatsu koku): developing country (literally, “low-development country”)
• 後(こう)進(しん)国(こく) (kōshin koku): developing country (less common; literally, “backward country”)