隣国

See also: 鄰國

Japanese

Kanji in this term
隣	国
りん Grade: S	こく > ごく Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 隣國 (lin kwok, literally “neighbor, next + country”).

After the term was borrowed into Japanese, the 隣 character in the Chinese spelling was replaced by 鄰, moving the radical to the other side. Compare modern Mandarin 鄰國／邻国 (línguó).

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) りんごく [rìńgókú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
- (Tokyo) りんごく [ríꜜǹgòkù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
- IPA^(key): [ɾʲĩŋɡo̞kɯ̟̊ᵝ]

Noun

隣国 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 隣國, hiragana りんごく, rōmaji ringoku, alternative reading りんこく, rōmaji rinkoku)

neighbouring country

Usage notes

The rinkoku reading is rare.

Hypernyms

他国 (たこく) (takoku)

References

1 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

“りんごく” in Kyōsuke Kindaichi et al. (eds.) (1974), 三省堂国語辞典 (Sanseidō Kokugo Jiten), Second Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō

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