韓国

See also: 韓國 and 韩国

Japanese

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
韓 国
かん
Grade: S		 こく
Grade: 2
kan’on
Alternative spelling
韓國 (kyūjitai)

Shortened from 大韓民国(だいかんみんこく) (Daikan Minkoku, “Republic of Korea”), from Korean 대한민국 (Daehanmin'guk). The archaic sense may be from 大韓帝國(だいかんていこく) (Daikan Teikoku, “Korean Empire”).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) か​んこく [káꜜǹkòkù] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA(key): [kã̠ŋko̞kɯ̟ᵝ]
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Proper noun

韓(かん)国(こく) • (Kankoku) 

  1. South Korea (a country in East Asia)
  2. (history, archaic) Korea (former empire in East Asia) (1897–1910)

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
韓 国
から
Grade: S		 くに
Grade: 2
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
韓國 (kyūjitai)
唐國

Of 韓(から) (kara, “China; Korea; foreign country”, archaic) and 國(くに) (kuni, “kingdom; country”).[1]

Proper noun

韓(から)国(くに) • (Karakuni) 

  1. (archaic) Korea (an empire in East Asia; contemporary North Korea and South Korea)
  2. alternative form of 唐国 (Karakuni; Karakoku, “China”)

See also

References
  1. “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
Kanji in this term
韓 国
くゎん
Grade: S		 くく
Grade: 2
Alternative spelling
韓國 (kyūjitai)

Proper noun

韓国 (hiragana くゎんくく, rōmaji Kwankuku)

  1. South Korea
  2. Korea
    Synonym: 朝鮮 (Chōshin)[1], 高麗 (Kōrē)

References
  1. “ちょーしん【朝鮮】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.
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