王国

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 王国 – see 王國 (“kingdom”). (This term is the simplified form of 王國).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
王	国
おう Grade: 1	こく Grade: 2
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
王國 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

/waukoku/ → /wɔːkoku/ → /oːkoku/

From Middle Chinese 王國 (hjwang kwok). Compare Mandarin 王国 (wángguó), Cantonese 王国 (wong4 gwok3), Korean 왕국 (wangguk), Vietnamese vương quốc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [o̞ːko̞kɯ̟]
• (Tokyo) おーこく [òókókú] (Heiban – [0])

Noun

王(おう)国(こく) • (ōkoku) ^{←わうこく (waukoku)?}

1. kingdom (realm ruled by a king and/or queen)
   • 2007 October 20, Izawa, Hiroshi with Yamada, Kotaro, “最(さい)終(しゅう)話(わ)　それぞれの道(みち)へ [Final Chapter: Epilog]”, in ファイアーエムブレム 覇者の剣 [Fire Emblem: Sword of Champions], Jump Remix edition, volume 5 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, pages 340–341:

     ベルン王(おう)国(こく)は国(こく)王(おう)ゼフィールの死(し)とともにエトルリア王(おう)国(こく)に降(こう)伏(ふく)した

     Berun Ōkoku wa kokuō Zefīru no shi to tomo ni Etoruria Ōkoku ni kōfuku shita

     With King Zephiel’s death, the Kingdom of Bern surrendered to the Kingdom of Etruria.

2. (figuratively) kingdom (realm or conceptual space where something is dominant)

   自(じ)動(どう)車(しゃ)王(おう)国(こく)

   jidōsha ōkoku

   kingdom of automobiles

References

• Ineko Kondō, Fumi Takano, Mary E. Althaus, et al. (2002), Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, third edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN

Anagrams

• 国(こく)王(おう) (kokuō, “king”)