安國

Chinese

		content; calm; still content; calm; still; quiet; to pacify; peace; how	country; state; nation
trad. (安國)		安	國
simp. (安国)		安	国
anagram		國安／国安

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ānguó

  (Zhuyin): ㄢ ㄍㄨㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): on¹ gwok³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ānguó
    • Zhuyin: ㄢ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: anguó
    • Wade–Giles: an¹-kuo²
    • Yale: ān-gwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: angwo
    • Palladius: аньго (anʹgo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀän⁵⁵ ku̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: on¹ gwok³
    • Yale: ōn gwok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: on¹ gwok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: on¹ guog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔːn⁵⁵ kʷɔːk̚³/

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• Middle Chinese: 'an kwok

Rime
Character	安	國
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	寒 (61)	德 (132)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	烏寒切	古或切
Baxter	'an	kwok
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɑn/	/kwək̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔɑn/	/kʷək̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔɑn/	/kuək̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔan/	/kwək̚/
Li Rong	/ʔɑn/	/kuək̚/
Wang Li	/ɑn/	/kuək̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔɑn/	/kwək̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ān	guo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	on1	gwak1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ʔ]ˤa[n]  [C.q]ʷˤək/

  (Zhengzhang): /*qaːn  kʷɯːɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	安	國
Reading #	1/3	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	ān	guó
Middle Chinese	‹ 'an ›	‹ kwok ›
Old Chinese	/*[ʔ]ˁa[n]/	/*[C.q]ʷˁək/
English	peace(ful)	state (n.)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	安	國
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	11	5547
Phonetic component	安	或
Rime group	元	職
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	安	國
Old Chinese	/*qaːn/	/*kʷɯːɡ/

Verb

安國

1. (literary) to stabilize a state; to pacify a nation

Noun

安國

1. (Classical) stable state; peaceful nation

Proper noun

安國

1. (～市) Anguo (a county-level city in Baoding, Hebei, China)
2. (historical) Bukhara (in Sui and Tang times)
3. a surname