祖国

祖国

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 祖国 – see 祖國 (“homeland; home country; motherland; fatherland”). (This term, 祖国, is the simplified form of 祖國.)

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
祖	国
そ Grade: 5	こく Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [so̞ko̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

祖国 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 祖國, hiragana そこく, rōmaji sokoku)

1. homeland, fatherland

   彼 (かれ)らは祖国 (そこく)への望 (ぼう)郷 (きょう)の思 (おも)いを募 (つの)らせた。

   Kare-ra wa sokoku e no bōkyō no omoi o tsunoraseta.

   They had waves of nostalgia for the fatherland.