他國

Chinese

		he; him; other	country; state; nation
trad. (他國)		他	國
simp. (他国)		他	国

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tāguó

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄚㄍㄨㄛˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): taa¹ gwok³
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ta¹ gorh⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tāguó
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄚㄍㄨㄛˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: taguó
  - Wade–Giles: tʻa¹-kuo²
  - Yale: tā-gwó
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tagwo
  - Palladius: таго (tago)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰä⁵⁵ ku̯ɔ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)⁺
  - Jyutping: taa¹ gwok³
  - Yale: tā gwok
  - Cantonese Pinyin: taa¹ gwok⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: ta¹ guog³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaː⁵⁵ kʷɔːk̚³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ta¹ gorh⁶ [Phonetic: ta² gorh⁶]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: taⁿ-go̤h
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰa⁵³³⁻¹³ kɒʔ²¹/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ta¹ gorh⁶ [Phonetic: ta² gorh⁶]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰa⁵⁴⁴⁻²⁴ kɒʔ²/

Middle Chinese: tha kwok

Rime
Character	他	國
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	透 (6)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	歌 (94)	德 (132)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	託何切	古或切
Baxter	tha	kwok
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tʰɑ/	/kwək̚/
Pan Wuyun	/tʰɑ/	/kʷək̚/
Shao Rongfen	/tʰɑ/	/kuək̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tʰa/	/kwək̚/
Li Rong	/tʰɑ/	/kuək̚/
Wang Li	/tʰɑ/	/kuək̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/tʰɑ/	/kwək̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tuō	guo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	to¹	gwak¹

Noun

他國

another country; foreign country

Antonyms

我國／我国 (wǒguó)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (他國):

→ Japanese: 他(た)国(こく) (takoku)
→ Korean: 타국(他國) (taguk)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
他	國
た Grade: 3	こく Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 他國 – see the following entry.

【他国たこく】

[noun] foreign country

(This term, 他國, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)