他國

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tāguó

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄚ ㄍㄨㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): taa¹ gwok³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tāguó
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄚ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
    • 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)⁺
    • Jyutping: taa¹ gwok³
    • Yale: tā gwok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taa¹ gwok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: ta¹ guog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaː⁵⁵ kʷɔːk̚³/

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• 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/
Bernard Karlgren	/tʰɑ/	/kwək̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tuō	guo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	to1	gwak1

Noun

他國

1. 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.)