國教

Chinese

		country; state; nation	teach; teaching; religion
trad. (國教)		國	教
simp. (国教)		国	教

Etymology

The sense "education provided by the state" is attestable in pre-Qin texts.

The sense of "state religion" is an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 国教(こっきょう) (kokkyō). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guójiào

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄐㄧㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwok³ gaau³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kok-kàu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: guójiào
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄐㄧㄠˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: guójiào
  - Wade–Giles: kuo²-chiao⁴
  - Yale: gwó-jyàu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gwojiaw
  - Palladius: гоцзяо (goczjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɔ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gwok³ gaau³
  - Yale: gwok gaau
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwok⁸ gaau³
  - Guangdong Romanization: guog³ gao³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɔːk̚³ kaːu̯³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kok-kàu
  - Tâi-lô: kok-kàu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kokkaux
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kɔk̚³²⁻⁴ kau²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ kau⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔk̚³²⁻⁵ kau²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kɔk̚³²⁻⁴ kau¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔk̚³²⁻⁴ kau²¹/

Noun

國教

state religion
(literary) education provided by the state; national education
(Hong Kong) short for 德育及國民教育科／德育及国民教育科 (déyù jí guómín jiàoyù kē); a controversial proposed school subject covering patriotism education in 2012

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
國	教

Noun

國教

chữ Hán form of quốc giáo (“state religion”)