Japanese Word Entry

中國

Simplified Japanese form: 中国

Kana:	ちゅうごく
Romaji:	chuugoku
Definitions:	China Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane) central part of a country, main region province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryō system)
Alternative forms:	中國〔中国〕【ちゅうこく (chuukoku) 】中國【ちゅうごく (chuugoku)、ちゅうこく (chuukoku) 】

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Chinese characters used in this word

中	in, inside, middle, mean, center, central, in the midst of, hit (target), attain

Readings

Mandarin:	ㄓㄨㄥ (zhōng), ㄓㄨㄥˋ (zhòng)
Cantonese:	zung1
Japanese:	チュウ (chuu) / なか (naka)、うち (uchi)、あた.る (ataru)
Korean:	중 (jung)
Vietnamese:	trung, trúng

國	country, nation, nation-state

Readings

Mandarin:	ㄍㄨㄛˊ (guó)
Cantonese:	gwok3
Japanese:	コク (koku) / くに (kuni)
Korean:	국 (gug)
Vietnamese:	quốc

Variants

Simplified Chinese form:	国
Simplified Japanese form:	国
Semantic variant form:	囯