Where does “国” come from?

国 (Japanese) comes from Old Japanese 国.

国 (Japanese): a land, a large place; a country in general, a...

Definitions

  1. a land, a large place; a country in general, a...

Ancestry of “国”, step by step

国 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Japanese 国

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Japanese国—

via Middle Chinese 國

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chinese國—

Words derived from “国”

Every word from Old Japanese 国 →