国民

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 国民 – see 國民 (“citizen; national; people; national; etc.”). (This term is the simplified form of 國民).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
国	民
こく Grade: 2	みん Grade: 4
goon

Alternative spelling
國民 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こくみん [kòkúmíń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞kɯ̟ᵝmʲĩɴ]

Noun

国(こく)民(みん) • (kokumin) 

1. nationals (citizens of a state)

Derived terms

• 国民感情
• 国民性
• 国民(こくみん)投票(とうひょう) (kokumin tōhyō)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
国	民
くに Grade: 2	たみ Grade: 4
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
國民 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) くにたみ [kùnítámí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [kɯ̟ᵝɲ̟ita̠mʲi]

Noun

国(くに)民(たみ) • (kunitami) 

1. Same as 国民 (kokumin) above.

See also

• 国(こっ)家(か) (kokka)
• 市(し)民(みん) (shimin)