# 歸國
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): guīguó
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gwai$^1$ gwok$^3$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kui-kok
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: guīguó
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: gueiguó
*** Wade–Giles: kuei$^1$-kuo$^2$
*** Yale: gwēi-gwó
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gueigwo
*** Palladius: гуйго (gujgo)
*** Sinological IPA : /ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ ku̯ɔ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gwai$^1$ gwok$^3$
*** Yale: gwāi gwok
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gwai$^1$ gwok$^8$
*** Guangdong Romanization: guei$^1$ guog$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʷɐi̯⁵⁵ kʷɔːk̚³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kui-kok
*** Tâi-lô: kui-kok
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kui'kog
*** IPA (Xiamen): /kui⁴⁴⁻²² kɔk̚³²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kui³³ kɔk̚⁵/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kui⁴⁴⁻²² kɔk̚³²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /kui⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔk̚³²/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kui⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔk̚³²/
* Middle Chinese: kjw+j kwok
Rime :
| Character | 歸 | 國 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 微 (21) | 德 (132) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Closed |
| Division (等) | III | I |
| Fanqie | 舉韋切 | 古或切 |
| Baxter | kjw+j | kwok |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kʉi/ | /kwək̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kʷɨi/ | /kʷək̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kiuəi/ | /kuək̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kuj/ | /kwək̚/ |
| Li Rong | /kiuəi/ | /kuək̚/ |
| Wang Li | /kĭwəi/ | /kuək̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /kwe̯i/ | /kwək̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | guī | guo |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gwai$^1$ | gwak$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ʷəj [C.q]ʷˤək/
    (Zhengzhang): /*klul kʷɯːɡ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 歸 | 國 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | guī | guó |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ kjwɨj › | ‹ kwok › |
| Old Chinese | /*[k]ʷəj/ | /*[C.q]ʷˁək/ |
| English | return (v.) | state (n.) |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. |||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 歸 | 國 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| No. | 17748 | 5547 |
| Phonetic component | 追 | 或 |
| Rime group | 微 | 職 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 歸 | 國 |
| Old Chinese | /*klul/ | /*kʷɯːɡ/ |

### Verb

歸⫽國 (verb-object) (intransitive)
* (formal) to return to one's home country

#### Synonyms

* 回國／回国 (huíguó)

#### Antonyms

* 出國／出国 (chūguó)
* (Hakka) 出外洋

#### Derived terms

* 歸國學人 / 归国学人

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 帰(き)国(こく) (kikoku)
* → Korean: 귀국(歸國) (gwiguk)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 歸 | 國 |
| き Hyōgai | こく Jinmeiyō |
| on'yomi ||
For pronunciation and definitions of 歸國 – see the following entry. :
| 【帰国きこく】 | [noun] a return to one's country [verb] to return to one's country |
(This term, 歸國, is the kyūjitai of the above term.) :

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 歸 | 國 |

### Noun

歸國 • (gwiguk) (hangeul 귀국)
* hanja form of 귀국 (“homecoming, returning to one's country”)