或

或 (radical 62, 戈+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 戈口一 (IRM), four-corner 5310₀, composition ⿹戈⿱口㇀)

• 㖪, 域, 惐, 掝, 淢, 䧕, 棫, 琙, 㽣, 䂸, 稢, 緎, 聝, 戫, 蜮, 䬎(𬱿), 馘, 䤋, 䮙, 魊, 䱛(𮬟), 𠜻, 㰲, 㚜, 罭, 窢, 䈅, 䍞, 閾(阈), 惑, 㳼, 𢨋, 䰥, 彧, 國(国)

• KangXi: page 412, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11563
• Dae Jaweon: page 754, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1402, character 8
• Unihan data for U+6216

Historical forms of the character 或
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Ideogrammic compound (會意) : 戈 + 口 + 一, “territory”.

Borrowed for abstract meanings. The derivative 國 (OC *kʷɯːɡ) and 域 (OC *ɢʷrɯɡ) refer to the original word.

或 (OC *ɡʷɯːɡ, “someone; some”) is the result of the distributive suffix *-k being added to 有 (OC *ɢʷɯʔ, “there is”).

Cognate with 又 (OC *ɢʷɯs, “again”) (Schuessler, 2007).

或

1. or; either ... or ... (used to list alternatives)

   中國或日本 / 中国或日本  ―  Zhōngguó huò Rìběn  ―  China or Japan

   或多或少  ―  huòduōhuòshào  ―  more or less, some amount

   • 可以說兩種或兩種以上的語言 [MSC, trad.]
     可以说两种或两种以上的语言 [MSC, simp.]

     kěyǐ shuō liǎng zhǒng huò liǎng zhǒng yǐshàng de yǔyán [Pinyin]

     able to speak two or more languages

2. perhaps; maybe (mostly found in news headlines)

   • 代表團已出發，明天上午或可到達。 [MSC, trad.]
     代表团已出发，明天上午或可到达。 [MSC, simp.]

     Dàibiǎotuán yǐ chūfā, míngtiān shàngwǔ huò kě dàodá. [Pinyin]

     The delegation has set out, and will probably arrive tomorrow morning.

3. occasionally; sometimes
4. if; assuming; should ...
5. particle used in negative sentences to reinforce the negative tone
6. ^† some; someone; something

   • 齊人伐燕，勝之。宣王問曰：「或謂寡人勿取，或謂寡人取之」。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     齐人伐燕，胜之。宣王问曰：“或谓寡人勿取，或谓寡人取之”。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     Qí rén fá yàn, shèng zhī. Xuān wáng wèn yuē: “Huò wèi guǎrén wù qǔ, huò wèi guǎrén qǔ zhī”. [Pinyin]

     Qi attacked Yan, conquering it. King Xuan said: "Some people tell me not to take it [Yan] for myself; some tell me to take it".

或

1. ^† Original form of 域 (yù, “range; territory”).
2. ^† Original form of 國／国 (guó, “country”).

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. a certain ...; some ...​

• Go-on: わく (waku)
• Kan-on: こく (koku)
• Kun: ある (aru, 或る); あるいは (arui wa, 或るいは)

或 • (hok) (hangeul 혹, revised hok, McCune–Reischauer hok, Yale hok)

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或 (hoặc, hoắc)

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