Hanja Analyzer
国

国 — guk

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
나라 국
Romanization
guk
English
nation, country, nation-state
Mandarin
guó
Japanese on'yomi
コク
Japanese kun'yomi
くに
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 2
Newspaper frequency
#3 of 2,500
Strokes
8
Variant forms
囶 圀 國
Radical
囗 (31, 5 residual)
Unicode
U+56FD

Parts that make up 国

  • 囗 나라 국, 에워쌀 위 둘러친 울타리에워싸인 것과 그 안
  • 玉 구슬 옥 실에 꿴 옥 세 조각옥과 아름다운 돌. 왼쪽에서 王 처럼 쓴다

Japanese words with 国

  • 国くに country; state; region
  • 外国がいこく foreign country
  • 国家こっか state; country; nation
  • 国会こっかい National Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1947-); Imperial Diet
  • 国際こくさい international; diplomatic intercourse
  • 国内こくない within the country; inside the county; domestic
  • 国民こくみん people (of a country); nation; citizen
  • 国連こくれん United Nations; UN
  • 全国ぜんこく the whole country
  • 外国人がいこくじん foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national
  • 韓国かんこく South Korea; Republic of Korea; Korean Empire (1897-1910)
  • 中国ちゅうごく China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country

Characters sharing the phonetic 国

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “국”

Other hanja with radical 囗

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