Chinese

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to lift; to hold up; to cite
to lift; to hold up; to cite; to enumerate; to act; to raise; to choose; to elect
 
country; state; nation
trad. (舉國)
simp. (举国)

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (28) (28)
Final () (22) (132)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division () III I
Fanqie
Baxter kjoX kwok
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kɨʌX/ /kwək̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/kiɔX/ /kʷək̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/kiɔX/ /kuək̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kɨə̆X/ /kwək̚/
Li
Rong
/kiɔX/ /kuək̚/
Wang
Li
/kĭoX/ /kuək̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ki̯woX/ /kwək̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
guo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
geoi2 gwak1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 2/2 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
guó
Middle
Chinese
‹ kjoX › ‹ kwok ›
Old
Chinese
/*[k](r)aʔ/ /*[C.q]ʷˁək/
English all state (n.)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] 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 # 1/1 1/1
No. 15888 5547
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*klaʔ/ /*kʷɯːɡ/
Notes

Noun

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舉國

  1. the whole country; the entire nation

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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