韓国

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”).

• (Tokyo) かんこく [káꜜǹkòkù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [kã̠ŋko̞kɯ̟]

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韓(かん)国(こく) • (Kankoku) 

1. South Korea (a country in East Asia, comprising the southern part of the Korean Peninsula)
2. (historical, archaic) Korea (former empire in East Asia) (1897–1910)

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

韓(から)国(くに) • (Karakuni) 

1. (archaic) Korea (a geographic region consisting of two countries in East Asia, commonly known as South Korea and North Korea; formerly a single country)
2. (archaic) Korea (a peninsula in East Asia, containing the countries of North Korea and South Korea; in full, Korean Peninsula)
3. alternative form of 唐国 (Karakuni; Karakoku):
   1. China (a cultural region and civilization in East Asia, occupying the region around the Yellow, Yangtze, and Pearl Rivers, taken as a whole under its various dynasties)
   2. China (a large country in East Asia, occupying the region around the Yellow, Yangtze, and Pearl Rivers; the People's Republic of China, since 1949)

• 韓(かん)国(こく)人(じん) (Kankokujin, “Korean person”)
• 韓(かん)国(こく)語(ご) (Kankokugo, “Korean language”)
• 大(だい)韓(かん)民(みん)国(こく) (Daikan Minkoku, “Republic of Korea”)
• 朝(ちょう)鮮(せん) (Chōsen, “Korea”)
  • 北(きた)朝(ちょう)鮮(せん) (Kita Chōsen, “North Korea”)
  • 朝(ちょう)鮮(せん)半(はん)島(とう) (Chōsen Hantō, “Korean Peninsula”)
• 唐(から)国(くに) (Karakuni, “China”)

韓(かん)国(くく) (Kankuku) 

1. South Korea (a country in East Asia, comprising the southern part of the Korean Peninsula)
2. Korea (a geographic region consisting of two countries in East Asia, commonly known as South Korea and North Korea; formerly a single country)

   Synonym: 朝鮮 (Chōshin),^[1] 高麗 (Kōrē)

3. Korea (a peninsula in East Asia, containing the countries of North Korea and South Korea; in full, Korean Peninsula)