Five Races Under One Union (Manchukuo)

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Five Races Under One Union
Hanyu Pinyin
wǔzú xiéhé
Bopomofoㄨˇㄗㄨˊㄒㄧㄝˊㄏㄜˊ
Korean nameHangul오족협화Hanja五族協和Japanese nameKanji五族協和Hiraganaごぞくきょうわ

Five Races Under One Union (

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 (共) to Cooperation (協). 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).[1]

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