くに

Japanese

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

【国】2

[noun] a land, a large place

[noun] a country in general, a region

[noun] a country as in a nation, a state

[noun] a province of ancient Japan

[noun] the national government in ancient Japan; the national capital in ancient Japan

[noun] one's birthplace, where one is from, one's home

Alternative spelling
邦

(This term, くに (kuni), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
For a list of all kanji read as くに, see Category:Japanese kanji read as くに.)

Alternative spelling
訓

From 訓 (kun, “native Japanese reading”), with an epenthetic vowel -i added, in turn from Middle Chinese 訓 (MC xjunH).^[1]

くに • (kuni)

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 “くに【訓】 ”, in 日本国語大辞典‎^[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here