See also: and
U+56EF, 囯
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-56EF

[U+56EE]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+56F0]

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 31, 囗+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 田一土 (WMG), four-corner 60104, composition )

Derived characters

  • 𦛢, 𨉽, 𤠪
  • (Exception: Only for Taiwan character. Contains for mainland China character)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 217, character 19
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4716
  • Dae Jaweon: page 445, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 713, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+56EF

Chinese

Glyph origin

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): (to surround) + (king). Earliest attested form in regular script found in 《宋敬業造象記》 (507 AD).

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“country; nation; nation-state; kingdom; capital; etc.”).
(This character is the former (1935–1936) ROC simplified, former (1969–1976) Singaporean simplified, and variant form of ).
Notes:

References

Khitan

Alternative forms

𘱚𘮒 (*g úr)

Glyph origin

Found on the Memorial for Lord Dorlipun 《多羅里本郎君墓誌碑》, an epitaph written in Khitan large script around 1081 AD.

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Middle Chinese , a variant of (MC kwok).

Pronunciation

Noun

(gur)

  1. country; kingdom
    • 1081, 《多羅里本郎君墓誌碑》 [Memorial for Lord Dorlipun], line 3, characters 11-20[2]:
      皇帝[⿱火日][⿰𤣩⿱⿻𠃊丨又]弃[⿻一⿵冂仌][⿱火日][⿱干卄][⿻⿻二丨从]
      皇帝-[⿱火日][⿰𤣩⿱⿻𠃊丨又]-弃[⿻一⿵冂仌]-[⿱火日][⿱干卄][⿻⿻二丨从]
      hongdi-enpo-doDangur-enjariqo[3]
      皇帝-之時-於-之宰相
      emperor-GENtime-LOCDankingdom-GENprime minister
      "the prime minister of the Dan (Dongdan) kingdom during the time of the Emperor"

References

  1. ^ Liu Fengzhu 劉鳳翥; Wang Yunlong 王雲龍 (November 2004), “契丹大字《耶律昌允墓誌铭》之研 [A Decipherment of Yelu Changyun's Epitaph in Qitan Large Characters]”, in 燕京學報 [Yenching Journal of Chinese Studies] (in Chinese), volume 17, appendix 1.69, page 82
  2. ^ Cong Yanshuang 叢艷雙; Liu Fengzhu 劉鳳翥; Chi Jianxue 池建學 (2005), “契丹大字《多羅里本郎君墓志銘》考釋 [A Textual Research and Explanation on the Inscription for Duoluoliben in Big Qidan Script]”, in 民族語文 [Minority Languages of China]‎[1] (in Chinese), number 4, pages 51, 54
  3. ^ Wu Yingzhe; András Róna-Tas (2019), “Khitan Studies: The glyphs of the Khitan Small Script (The consonants): Labial stops”, in Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae[2], volume 72, number 1, pages 47-79

Korean

Hanja

(eumhun 나라 (nara guk))

  1. alternative form of (hanja form? of (country, state, nation))

Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Việt readings: quốc[1]
: Nôm readings: quốc[1]

  1. alternative form of (chữ Hán form of quốc (nation; state; country))

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Nguyễn et al. (2009).