国

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国 U+56FD, 国
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-56FD
← 囼
[U+56FC]		 CJK Unified Ideographs 图 →
[U+56FE]
See also: 國 and 囯

Translingual[edit]

Stroke order
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Stroke order
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Japanese
stroke order
国-jorder.gif

Etymology[edit]

Simplified from 國 (或 → 玉)

In this simplified form, this character consists of 玉, the Chinese character for jade (or precious stone or gem) (representing the emperor), enclosed by the character meaning "erect," "proud," or "upright". In the Kangxi Dictionary of 1716 the character 国 is not included, but other characters like 囯, 囶, 圀 and 䆐 are. 國 is the original character.

Han character[edit]

国 (radical 31 囗+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 田一土戈 (WMGI), four-corner 60103, composition ⿴囗玉)

References[edit]

  • KangXi: not present, would follow page 218, character 4
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4752
  • Dae Jaweon: page 446, character 7
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 716, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+56FD

Chinese[edit]

For pronunciation and definitions of 国 – see 國.
(This character, 国, is the simplified form of 國.)
Notes:

Japanese[edit]

Shinjitai

 国

Kyūjitai

 國

Kanji[edit]

国

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 國)

Readings[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Compounds

Pronunciation[edit]

Kanji in this term
国
くに
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

国 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 國, hiragana くに, rōmaji kuni)

  1. a land, a large place
  2. a country in general, a region
  3. a country as in a nation, a state
  4. the office of emperor, the crown; affairs of state
  5. a province of ancient Japan
  6. the national government in ancient Japan; the national capital in ancient Japan
  7. one's birthplace

Synonyms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
  2. ^ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

国 (quốc)

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References[edit]

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