全国

Chinese
For pronunciation and definitions of 全国 – see 全國 (“national; the whole country; the entire nation”).
(This term is the simplified form of 全國).
Notes:

Japanese

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
全 国
ぜん
Grade: 3		 こく
Grade: 2
goon on’yomi
Alternative spelling
全國 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 全國 (MC dzjwen kwok, literally “whole country”).

First attested in the mid-1800s.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

全(ぜん)国(こく) • (zenkoku) 

  1. the whole country; the entire nation
  2. nationwide; countrywide
  3. (chiefly) all of Japan

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
全 国
ぜん
Grade: 3		 こく > ごく
Grade: 2
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
全國 (kyūjitai)

Noun

全(ぜん)国(ごく) • (zengoku) 

  1. the whole country; the entire nation
  2. nationwide; countrywide
  3. (chiefly) all of Japan
Usage notes
  • The zengoku reading is much less common than the above and is not included in any monolingual Japanese dictionary, including the Nihon Kokugo Daijiten.[1]

References
  1. “全国”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, “Nationwide Accent Dictionary”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN
  3. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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