國

See also 国, 囯, 圀, 囶, 囻, and 囗

Translingual

Stroke order

Taiwanese stroke order

Stroke order

Taiwanese stroke order

simpl.		国
trad.		國

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 囗 + phonetic 或

Han character

國 (radical 31 囗+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 田戈口一 (WIRM), four-corner 6015₃, composition ⿴囗或)

1. nation, country, nation-state

References

• KangXi: page 219, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4798
• Dae Jaweon: page 447, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 720, character 9
• Unihan data for U+570B

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Cantonese

Hanzi

國 (simplified 国, jyutping gwok3, Yale gwok3)

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Japanese

Kanji

國 (uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 国)

1. country

Readings

• On: こく (koku)
• Kun: くに (kuni)

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Korean

A variant of "國" commonly found in Korea.

Hanja

國
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 국 (revised: guk, McCune-Reischauer: kuk, Yale: kwuk)

• Name (hangeul): 나라 (revised: nara, McCune-Reischauer: nara, Yale: nala)

1. country, state, nation, land

Compounds

中國人 (중국인, Jung-gug-in) 國語 (국어, gug-eo) 美國 (미국 Miguk)

美國英語 (미국 영어, Miguk Yeong-eo) 中華民國 (중화민국, Junghwa Minguk) 共和國 (공화국, gonghwaguk)

韓國 (한국, Hanguk) 英國 (영국, Yeongguk)

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Mandarin

Noun

國 (traditional, Pinyin guó, simplified 国)

1. country; nation

Hanzi

國 (simplified 国, pinyin guó (guo2), Wade-Giles kuo²)

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Min Nan

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ kɔk˩˩ ]

Hanzi

國 (simplified 国, POJ kok)

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Vietnamese

Hán Tự

國 (quốc, cuốc)