家國

Chinese

		home; family; ‑ist home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools	country; state; nation
trad. (家國)		家	國
simp. (家国)		家	国
anagram		國家／国家

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiāguó

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚ ㄍㄨㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa¹ gwok³
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): ga¹ guêd⁵
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): gê¹ gog⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiāguó
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiaguó
    • Wade–Giles: chia¹-kuo²
    • Yale: jyā-gwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiagwo
    • Palladius: цзяго (czjago)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ ku̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaa¹ gwok³
    • Yale: gā gwok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaa¹ gwok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: ga¹ guog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaː⁵⁵ kʷɔːk̚³/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: ga¹ guêd⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /ka⁴⁴⁻³⁵ kuɛt̚¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gê¹ gog⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ke kok
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ke³³⁻²³ kok̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: kae kwok

Rime
Character	家	國
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	麻 (98)	德 (132)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	II	I
Fanqie	古牙切	古或切
Baxter	kae	kwok
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠa/	/kwək̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚa/	/kʷək̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ka/	/kuək̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kaɨ/	/kwək̚/
Li Rong	/ka/	/kuək̚/
Wang Li	/ka/	/kuək̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ka/	/kwək̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiā	guo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gaa1	gwak1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*kˤra  [C.q]ʷˤək/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kraː  kʷɯːɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	家	國
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jiā	guó
Middle Chinese	‹ kæ ›	‹ kwok ›
Old Chinese	/*kˁra/	/*[C.q]ʷˁək/
English	household	state (n.)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	家	國
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	5919	5547
Phonetic component	家	或
Rime group	魚	職
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	嘉	國
Old Chinese	/*kraː/	/*kʷɯːɡ/

Noun

家國

1. (literary) family and country
2. (literary) country

Synonyms

• (country):

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• 國家 / 国家 (guójiā)
• 國度 / 国度 (guódù)
• 社稷 (shèjì) (archaic, figurative)