国宝

国宝

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 国宝 – see 國寶 (“national treasure”). (This term, 国宝, is the simplified form of 國寶.)

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

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
国	宝
こく Grade: 2	ほう Grade: 6
on’yomi

Etymology

• 国 (くに, kuni): country, nation, national
• +宝 (たから, takara): treasure

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) こくほー [kòkúhóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ko̞kɯ̟̊ᵝho̞ː]

Noun

国宝 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 國寶, hiragana こくほう, rōmaji kokuhō)

1. national treasure

References

1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN