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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