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國
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇯🇵🇰🇷
国
🇨🇳

country

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guó
コク
くに
국
Phonosemantic compound. 囗 represents the meaning and 或 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (國)
囗 erect+ 或 or =
國 country
囗 Meaning component
wéi erect
erect, proud
或 Phonetic component
huò or
or, either, else
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Simplified (国)
囗 erect+ 玉 jade =
国 country
囗
囗
erect
玉
玉
jade
Notes
Similar Characters
啚 remote place囚 prisoner因 cause困 trapped图 map (simp)圖 picture (trad)或 or邑 area韋 tanned hide (trad)囝 infant囡 one's daughter团 ball (simp)囤 grain basket囫 whole园 park (simp)围 encircle (simp)囵 complete (simp)囷 round-shaped storage bin囹 enclosure固 solid
Historical Evolution
Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Bronze
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Bronze Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)
Bronze
Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)
Bronze Spring and Autumn (771-476 BC)
Bronze
Spring and Autumn (771-476 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
國
Regular
Modern
Chinese
国 / 國 [Guó]
surname Guo
国 / 國 [guó]
country; nation; state; national; CL:個|个[gè]
Japanese
国 、 邦 、 國 (old) くに 同音

noun

  1. country; state
  2. region
  3. national government; central government
  4. home (i.e. hometown, home country)
  5. historical province (of Japan)
  6. archaic land; earth
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (3)
その王がその国を治めていた。
The king governed the country.
『北の国から』は、北海道富良野市を舞台にしたフジテレビジョン制作のテレビドラマ。
"From the North Country" is a TV drama produced by Fuji TV and set in Furano in Hokkaido.
その科学者は国の内外で有名である。
The scientist is famous both at home and abroad.
Japanese Names
國 くに
Kuni surnamegiven name
國 くにさき
Kunisaki surname
國 くにざき
Kunizaki surname
國 くにじ
Kuniji unclassified name
國 くにつぐ
Kunitsugu unclassified name
國 くにとも
Kunitomo unclassified name
國 くにむね
Kunimune unclassified name
國 くにゆき
Kuniyuki unclassified name
CHINESE WORDS (200)
美国 [Měi​guó] #293
United States
中国 [Zhōng​guó] #1,406
China
国家 [guó​jiā] #587
country
国际 [guó​jì] #2,308
international
全国 [quán​guó] #2,162
whole nation
英国 [Yīng​guó] #1,228
United Kingdom 聯合王國|联合王国[Lián​hé​wáng​guó]
法国 [Fǎ​guó] #1,371
France
我国 [wǒ​guó] #8,410
our country
德国 [Dé​guó] #1,899
Germany
国王 [guó​wáng] #1,530
king
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JAPANESE WORDS (29)
⭐ 国 [くに] #563
country
⭐ 国家 [こっか] #3,849
state
⭐ 中国 [ちゅうごく] #5,427
China
⭐ 国際 [こくさい] #8,113
international
⭐ 帝国 [ていこく] #8,139
empire
⭐ 英国 [えいこく] #12,505
United Kingdom
⭐ 国語 [こくご] #14,630
national language
⭐ 韓国 [かんこく] #19,241
South Korea
連合王国 [れんごうおうこく] #51,341
United Kingdom
黄泉の国 [よみのくに] #60,729
Hades
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KOREAN WORDS (110)
미국 #1,354
the United States
중국 #2,443
China
영국 #2,571
England; the United Kingdom
한국 #6,495
Korea
천국 #7,147
heaven
국가 #7,492
state; nation; country
국제 #8,784
being international; being global
외국 #9,591
foreign country
국왕 #12,182
king
국경 #12,283
border; frontier
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