合衆国

See also: 合众国

Japanese

Kanji in this term
がっ
Grade: 2
しゅう
Grade: 6
こく
Grade: 2
kan’yōon kan’on
Alternative spelling
合衆國 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From Literary Chinese 合眾國 (hézhòngguó), from (union) + 眾國 (democratic state), which is a calque of English United States, probably coined by Elijah Coleman Bridgman before 1844.[1] Soon rebracketed as 合衆(がっしゅう) (gasshū, assembly of people) and (こく) (koku, state).

Pronunciation

    • (Tokyo) っしゅうこく [gàsshúꜜùkòkù] (Nakadaka – [3])[2]
    • IPA(key): [ɡa̠ɕːɯ̟ᵝːko̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

    Noun

    (がっ)(しゅう)(こく) • (gasshūkoku) 

    1. federal state
      • 1905, 丘浅次郎, 人類の生存競争, 青空文庫:
        また()文明(ぶんめい)(すす)めば、今日(こんにち)おのおの独立(どくりつ)している国々(くにぐに)はすべて連邦(れんぽう)となり、全世界(ぜんせかい)統一(とういつ)した一大(いちだい)合衆国(がっしゅうこく)ができて(くに)(くに)との(あらそ)いはなしにすむようになると(ろん)ずる(ひと)もある。
        Mata yo no bunmei ga susumeba, konnichi onoono dokuritsu shite iru kuniguni wa subete renpō to nari, zensekai o tōitsu shita ichidai gasshūkoku ga dekite kuni to kuni to no arasoi wa nashi ni sumu yō ni naru to ronzuru hito mo aru.
        In addition, some people argue that if world civilization advances, the countries that today are each independent will all become a union, and one large federal state unifying the whole world will arise, and there will no longer be any conflicts between nations.

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    Proper noun

    (がっ)(しゅう)(こく) • (Gasshūkoku) 

    1. Short for アメリカ合衆国 (Amerika Gasshūkoku): United States of America (a country in North America)

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    References

    1. Kengo Chiba, 訳語の意味変動 ― 日中韓における「合衆」, in 第4回 漢字文化圏近代語研究会, 2004
    2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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