全国
Chinese
| For pronunciation and definitions of 全国 – see 全國 (“national; the whole country; the entire nation”). (This term is the simplified form of 全國). |
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Japanese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 全 | 国 |
| ぜん Grade: 3 |
こく Grade: 2 |
| goon | on'yomi |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 全國 (kyūjitai) |
From Middle Chinese 全國 (MC dzjwen kwok, literally “whole country”).
First attested in the mid-1800s.[3]
Noun
全国 • (zenkoku)
- the whole country; the entire nation
- nationwide; countrywide
- (chiefly) all of Japan
Etymology 2
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 全 | 国 |
| ぜん Grade: 3 |
こく > ごく Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi | |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 全國 (kyūjitai) |
Noun
全国 • (zengoku)
- alternative form of 全国 (zenkoku)
Usage notes
- The zengoku reading is much less common than the above and is not included in any monolingual Japanese dictionary, including the Nihon Kokugo Daijiten.[3]
References
- ^ Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, “Nationwide Accent Dictionary”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN
- ^ 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
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 “全国”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten][1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006