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

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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[NHK-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