国民

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 国民 – see 國民 (“citizen; national; people; national; etc.”).
(This term is the simplified form of 國民).
Notes:

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
国 民
こく
Grade: 2 		みん
Grade: 4
goon
Alternative spelling
國民 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese compound 國民 (MC kwok mjin).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) こくみん [kòkúmíń] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [ko̞kɯ̟mʲĩɴ]

Noun

国(こく)民(みん) • (kokumin) 

  1. nationals (citizens of a state)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
国 民
くに
Grade: 2 		たみ
Grade: 4
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
國民 (kyūjitai)

Compound of native Japanese words: 国 (kuni, “country”) +‎ 民 (tami, “people”)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) くにたみ [kùnítámí] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [kɯ̟ɲ̟ita̠mʲi]

Noun

国(くに)民(たみ) • (kunitami) 

  1. Same as 国民 (kokumin) above.

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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