共和

Chinese

 
all together; in while; to share; common; general; together; total
 
mix together; peace; harmony; and; with; union; cap (a poem); respond in singing; soft; warm
simp. and trad.
(共和)		 共 和

Etymology

“Republic”: Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 共 (きょう)和 (わ) (kyōwa, “republicanism”), which was in turn a semantic readaptation of Chinese 共和 (“joint governance”).

Pronunciation

Noun

共和

  1. republicanism; republic

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (共和):

See also

Proper noun

共和

  1. (historical) Gonghe Regency (interregnum period in Chinese history from 841 to 828 BCE)
  2. (～縣) Gonghe County (county in Qinghai province, China)

Derived terms

  • 周召共和

Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term
共 和
きょう
Grade: 4		 わ
Grade: 3
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 共和 (gjowngH hwa)

Pronunciation

Noun

共和 (hiragana きょうわ, rōmaji kyōwa)

  1. collaboration; cooperation; working together in harmony
  2. republicanism

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  3. ↑ 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
共和

Hanja

共和 • (gonghwa) (hangeul 공화)

  1. Hanja form? of 공화 (“universal harmony, republicanism”).

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
共和

Noun

共和

  1. Hán tự form of cộng hòa, “republic”
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