Puneet Varma (Editor)

Five Races Under One Union (Manchukuo)

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Traditional Chinese
  
五族協和

Hanyu Pinyin
  
wǔzú xiéhé

Hanja
  
五族協和

Simplified Chinese
  
五族协和

Hangul
  
오족협화

Revised Romanization
  
O jok hyeop hwa

Five Races Under One Union (Manchukuo)

Five Races Under One Union (Chinese: 五族協和, Japanese: 五族協和) was used as a national motto in Manchukuo, for the five races of the Manchus, the Japanese, the Han, the Mongols and the Koreans. It was similar to the "Five Races Under One Union" (Chinese: 五族共和) motto used by the Republic of China, for the Han, Manchus, Hui, Mongols and Tibetans, but the third of the four Chinese characters was changed from Togetherness (Chinese: ) to Cooperation (Chinese: ). Both mottoes were pronounced the same "Go zoku kyōwa" in Japanese.

This motto was symbolized in the national flag of Manchukuo, as the yellow base color (Manchus) with four striped colors in the upper left corner: red (Japanese), blue (Han Chinese), white (Mongols) and black (Koreans).

References

Five Races Under One Union (Manchukuo) Wikipedia