鎖國

See also: 锁国 and 鎖国

Chinese

		to lock up; to lock	country; state; nation
trad. (鎖國)		鎖	國
simp. (锁国)		锁	国

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): suǒguó

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): so² gwok³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: suǒguó
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: suǒguó
  - Wade–Giles: so³-kuo²
  - Yale: swǒ-gwó
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suoogwo
  - Palladius: сого (sogo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯ɔ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: so² gwok³
  - Yale: só gwok
  - Cantonese Pinyin: so² gwok⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: so² guog³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɔː³⁵ kʷɔːk̚³/

Verb

鎖⫽國 (verb-object) (intransitive)

to close the country to foreigners

Derived terms

閉關鎖國 / 闭关锁国 (bìguānsuǒguó)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鎖	國
さ Grade: S	こく Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 鎖國 – see the following entry.

【鎖国さこく】

[noun] national isolation, closure of a country to foreigners

[verb] to close a country to foreigners, especially to trade with foreigners

(This term, 鎖國, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
鎖	國

Noun

鎖國 • (swaeguk) (hangeul 쇄국)

hanja form^? of 쇄국 (“national isolation”)