囯

囯

See also: 國 and 国

囯 U+56EF, 囯 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-56EF ← 囮 [U+56EE] CJK Unified Ideographs 困 → [U+56F0]

Translingual

Han character

囯 (Kangxi radical 31, 囗+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 田一土 (WMG), four-corner 6010₄, composition ⿴囗王)

Derived characters

• 𦛢, 𨉽, 𤠪
• 腘 (Exception: Only for Taiwan character. Contains 国 for mainland China character)

Related characters

• 國 (Orthodox traditional form)

References

• KangXi: page 217, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4716
• Dae Jaweon: page 445, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 713, character 10
• Unihan data for U+56EF

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Chinese

Glyph origin

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 囗 (“to surround”) + 王 (“king”). Earliest attested form in regular script found in 《宋敬業造象記》 (507 AD).

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 囯 – see 國 (“country; nation; nation-state; kingdom; capital; etc.”). (This character, 囯, is the former (1935–1936) ROC simplified, former (1969–1976) Singaporean simplified, and variant form of 國.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A00734-001

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Khitan

Glyph origin

Found on the Memorial for Lord Dorlipun 《多羅里本郎君墓誌碑》, an epitaph written in Khitan large script around 1081 AD.

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Middle Chinese 囯, a variant of 國 (MC kwək̚).

Noun

囯

1. country; kingdom

   1081, 《多羅里本郎君墓誌碑》 [Memorial for Lord Dorlipun]:

   皇帝[⿱火日][⿰𤣩⿱⿻𠃊丨又]弃[⿻一⿵冂仌]囯[⿱火日][⿱干艹][⿻⿻二丨从]

   皇帝之時於丹國之宰相

   (please add an English translation of this quote)

References

• Cong, Yanshuang; Liu, Fengzhu; Chi, Jianxue (叢艷雙，劉鳳翥，池建學) (2005). 契丹大字《多羅里本郎君墓志銘》考釋 (A Textual Research and Explanation on the Inscription for Duoluoliben in Big Qidan Script). 《民族語文》 (Minority Languages of China), issue 4, page 54.

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Vietnamese

Han character

囯: Hán Việt readings: quốc[1]
囯: Nôm readings: quốc[1]

1. Alternative form of 國 (“chữ Hán form of quốc (“nation; state; country”).”)

References

1. Nguyễn et al. (2009).