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国
JLPT N5 SL2 8 strokes Frequency: #3

Meanings

country

Radicals

囗

Decomposition

⿴囗玉

Etymology

Ideographic: Treasure 玉 within a country's borders 囗

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 8

Stroke Order

1 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left
2 corner bottom-right-to-top-left
3 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left
4 vertical right-to-left
5 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left
6 horizontal bottom-to-top
7 dot bottom-right-to-top-left
8 horizontal bottom-left-to-top-right
On'yomi (Chinese reading)
コク koku

Used in compound words

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
くに kuni

Standalone

Words Using This Kanji

2059 words total
コク (7 words)
外国 がいこく

foreign country / abroad

国際郵便 こくさいゆうびん

international mail / overseas mail

国技 こくぎ

national sport / traditional national sport

愛国心 あいこくしん

patriotism / love of country

外国郵便 がいこくゆうびん

foreign mail / international mail

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くに (8 words)
国 くに

country / nation / state

国々 くにぐに

countries

国コード くにコード

country code

国づくり くにづくり

nation building

国中 くにじゅう

all over the country

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Other (2044 words)
カ国 かこく

counter for countries

わが国 わがくに

our country

かの国 かのくに

that country

ハン国 ハンこく

khanate

おま国 おまくに

unavailability of online content or services in one's country (e.g. due to licensing agreements)

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