隣国

See also: 鄰國

Japanese

Kanji in this term
隣	国
りん Grade: S	こく > ごく Grade: 2
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
隣國 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 隣國／邻国 (lin kwok, literally “neighbor, next + country”).

After the term was borrowed into Japanese, the 隣／邻 (lín) character in the Chinese spelling was replaced by 鄰／邻 (lín), moving the radical to the other side. Compare modern Mandarin 鄰國／邻国 (línguó).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) りんごく [rìńgókú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
(Tokyo) りんごく [ríꜜǹgòkù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɾʲĩŋɡo̞kɯ̟̊]

Noun

隣(りん)国(ごく) or 隣国(りんこく) • (ringoku or rinkoku)

neighbouring country

Usage notes

The rinkoku reading is rare.

Hypernyms

他国(たこく) (takoku)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

“りんごく” in Kyōsuke Kindaichi et al. (eds.) (1974), 三省堂国語辞典 (Sanseidō Kokugo Jiten), Second Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō

[NHK-1] 1.0 ^1.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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