圀

See also 國, and 国

Translingual

Etymology

One of the Chinese characters created by Empress Wu to demonstrate her power. She was said to have disliked how the traditional form contained 或, which she interpreted as meaning "mislead" (see 惑). In this form, this character consists of 四 (four, also acting as the 囗 enclosure) and 方 (direction).

Han character

圀 (radical 31 囗+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 田金卜尸 (WCYS), composition ⿴四方)

1. nation, country, nation-state

References

• KangXi: page 218, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4759
• Dae Jaweon: page 446, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 718, character 8
• Unihan data for U+5700

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Japanese

Kanji

圀 (uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

• On: こく (koku)
• Kun: くに (kuni)

Usage notes

Non-standard form; it is used only for Japanese personal names such as 光圀 (Mitsukuni).

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Korean

Hanja

圀 (hangeul 국, revised guk, McCune-Reischauer kuk)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

圀 (pinyin guó (guo2), Wade-Giles kuo²)

Usage notes

Non-standard form

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Vietnamese

Han character

圀 (hữu)