# 韓國
## Chinese

* 韓國 (Written Standard Chinese)
* 韓國 (Cantonese)
* 韓國 (Classical)
* 韓國 (Gan)
* Hòn-koet (Hakka)
* Hàng-guók (Eastern Min)
* Hân-kok (Southern Min)
* 韓國 (Wu)

### Etymology
#### “Korea”

    See Korean 한국(韓國) (Han'guk).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): Hánguó
    (Zhuyin): ㄏㄢˊ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): hon$^4$ gwok$^3$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Hòn-koet
* Eastern Min (BUC): Hàng-guók
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): hang$^2$ gorh$^6$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): Hân-kok
    (Teochew, Peng'im): hang$^5$ gog$^4$
* Wu (Northern, Wugniu): $^6$ghoe-koq / $^2$ghoe-koq$_7$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: Hánguó
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄢˊ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: Hánguó
*** Wade–Giles: Han$^2$-kuo$^2$
*** Yale: Hán-gwó
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Harngwo
*** Palladius: Ханьго (Xanʹgo)
*** Sinological IPA : /xän³⁵ ku̯ɔ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: hon$^4$ gwok$^3$
*** Yale: hòhn gwok
*** Cantonese Pinyin: hon$^4$ gwok$^8$
*** Guangdong Romanization: hon$^4$ guog$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /hɔːn²¹ kʷɔːk̚³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Hòn-koet
*** Hakka Romanization System: hon$^ˇ$ gued$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: hon$^2$ gued$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /hon¹¹ ku̯et̚²/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: Hàng-guók
*** Sinological IPA : /haŋ⁵³⁻²¹ $^{(k-)}$ŋuɔʔ²⁴/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: hang$^2$ gorh$^6$ [Phonetic: hang$^4$ gorh$^6$]
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: háng-go̤h
*** Sinological IPA : /haŋ¹³⁻⁴² kɒʔ¹/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: hang$^2$ gorh$^6$ [Phonetic: hang$^4$ gorh$^6$]
*** Sinological IPA : /haŋ¹³⁻⁴² kɒʔ²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hân-kok
*** Tâi-lô: Hân-kok
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hankog
*** IPA (Xiamen): /han²⁴⁻²² kɔk̚³²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /han²⁴⁻²² kɔk̚⁵/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /han¹³⁻²² kɔk̚³²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /han²⁴⁻¹¹ kɔk̚³²/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /han²³⁻³³ kɔk̚³²/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: hang$^5$ gog$^4$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hâng kok
*** Sinological IPA : /haŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kok̚²/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$ghoe-koq
*** MiniDict: ghoe$^去$ koh
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$hhoe-koq
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦø²² koʔ⁴⁴/
** (Northern: Suzhou)
*** Wugniu: $^2$ghoe-koq$_7$
*** MiniDict: ghoe$^平$ koh$^入$
*** Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /ɦø²² koʔ³³/

### Proper noun

韓國
* (chiefly Mainland China, increasingly in Hong Kong) South Korea (a country in East Asia)
    韓國燒酒／韩国烧酒 ― hánguó shāojiǔ ― soju
* (chiefly Taiwan, Hong Kong) Korea (two countries in East Asia, North Korea and South Korea)
* (historical) Han, a minor state that existed during the Western Zhou Dynasty and was conquered in 757 BCE
* (historical) Han, a state during the Warring States period that existed between 403 BCE and 230 BCE

#### Synonyms

* (South Korea):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 韓國, 南韓, 南朝鮮 historical |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 南韓 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 韓國, 南韓 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 南韓, 韓國 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 韓國 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 韓國 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 韓國 |
** (full name): 大韓民國／大韩民国 (Dàhán Mínguó)
** (uncommon, used by the KCNA, dated in Mainland China) 南朝鮮／南朝鲜 (Nán Cháoxiǎn)
* (Korea):
** (Mainland China) 朝鮮／朝鲜 (Cháoxiǎn)
* (ancient state): 韓／韩 (Hán)

#### Derived terms

* 韓國人 / 韩国人 (hánguórén)
* 韓國學 / 韩国学 (hánguóxué)
* 韓國將棋 / 韩国将棋 (hánguó jiāngqí)
* 韓國泡菜 / 韩国泡菜 (Hánguó pàocài)
* 韓國第一共和國 / 韩国第一共和国 (Hánguó Dì-yī Gònghéguó)
* 韓國第三共和國 / 韩国第三共和国 (Hánguó Dì-sān Gònghéguó)
* 韓國第二共和國 / 韩国第二共和国 (Hánguó Dì'èr Gònghéguó)
* 韓國第五共和國 / 韩国第五共和国 (Hánguó Dì-wǔ Gònghéguó)
* 韓國第六共和國 / 韩国第六共和国 (Hánguó Dì-liù Gònghéguó)
* 韓國第四共和國 / 韩国第四共和国 (Hánguó Dì-sì Gònghéguó)
* 韓國語 / 韩国语 (Hánguóyǔ)
* 韓國象棋 / 韩国象棋 (hánguó xiàngqí)

#### Descendants

* → Zhuang: Hanzgoz

#### See also

* 朝鮮／朝鲜 (Cháoxiǎn, “Korea; North Korea”)
* 韓劇／韩剧 (hánjù)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 韓 | 國 |
| かん Grade: S | こく Jinmeiyō |
| on'yomi ||
For pronunciation and definitions of 韓國 – see the following entry. :
| 【韓国かんこく】 | [proper noun] South Korea (a country in East Asia) [proper noun] (history, archaic) Korea (former empire in East Asia) (1897–1910) |
| 【韓国からくに】 | [proper noun] (archaic) Korea (an empire in East Asia; contemporary North Korea and South Korea) [proper noun] alternative form of 唐国 (Karakuni; Karakoku, “China”) Alternative spelling 唐國 |
(This term, 韓國, is the kyūjitai of the above term.) :

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 韓 | 國 |

### Proper noun

韓國 • (Han'guk) (hangeul 한국)
* hanja form of 한국 (“Korea”)

## Okinawan

Kanji in this term :
| 韓 | 國 |
| かん Grade: S | くく Jinmeiyō |

### Proper noun

韓(かん)國(くく) (Kankuku)
* Kyūjitai form of 韓国 (“South Korea”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 韓 | 國 |

### Proper noun

韓國
* chữ Hán form of Hàn Quốc (“South Korea”).