韓国

See also: 韓國 and 韩国

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
韓	国
かん Grade: S	こく Grade: 2
kan’on

Alternative spelling
韓國 (kyūjitai)

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”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) か​んこく [káꜜǹkòkù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [kã̠ŋko̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

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Proper noun

韓(かん)国(こく) • (Kankoku) 

1. South Korea (a country in East Asia)
2. (history, archaic) Korea (former empire in East Asia) (1897–1910)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
韓	国
から Grade: S	くに Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Alternative spellings
韓國 (kyūjitai) 唐國

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

Proper noun

韓(から)国(くに) • (Karakuni) 

1. (archaic) Korea (an empire in East Asia; contemporary North Korea and South Korea)
2. alternative form of 唐国 (Karakuni; Karakoku, “China”)

See also

• 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”)

Okinawan

Kanji in this term
韓	国
くゎん Grade: S	くく Grade: 2

Alternative spelling
韓國 (kyūjitai)

Proper noun

韓(くゎん)国(くく) (Kwankuku) 

1. South Korea
2. Korea

   Synonym: 朝鮮 (Chōshin), 高麗 (Kōrē)