Hanja Analyzer
國

國 — 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
Jinmeiyō kanji
Japanese standard form
国 (Grade 2)
Strokes
11
Variant forms
囶
Radical
囗 (31, 8 residual)
Phonetic component
国
Unicode
U+570B

Parts that make up 國

  • 囗 나라 국, 에워쌀 위 둘러친 울타리에워싸인 것과 그 안
  • 或 혹 혹 창으로 지킨 땅‘혹·역·국’ 계열의 소리

How 國 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 國 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 囗, 或.

Korean example words with 國

  • 구국舊國 Korean gloss: 옛 조국
  • 일국一國 Korean gloss: 온 나라
  • 전국全國 Korean gloss: 온 나라
  • 국내國內 Korean gloss: 나라의 안
  • 국중國中 Korean gloss: 나라의 안
  • 국혼國魂 Korean gloss: 나라의 혼
  • 열국列國 Korean gloss: 여러 나라
  • 자국自國 Korean gloss: 자기 나라
  • 제국諸國 Korean gloss: 여러 나라
  • 국격國格 Korean gloss: 나라의 품격
  • 국구國舅 Korean gloss: 임금의 장인
  • 국리國利 Korean gloss: 나라의 이익

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 國

  • 紀伊國屋きのくにや Kinokuniya; Kinokuniya (book store chain)
  • 國學院大學こくがくいんだいがく Kokugakuin University
  • 真・三國無双しんさんごくぶそう Dynasty Warriors (video game series)

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.

棫 淢 緎 罭 閾 馘

Other hanja read “국”

侷 匊 囗 囶 国 圀 局 掬 菊 跼 鞠 鞫 麯 麴 麹

Other hanja with radical 囗

囗 囙 囚 四 囝 回 囟 因 団 囤 囦 囧 囩 囪 囫 囬 园 囮 困 囱 囲 図 囶 囷 囹 固 国 囿 圀 圁 圂 圃 圄 圅 圇 圈 圉 圊 圌 圍 圎 圏 園 圓 圖 圗 團 圛 圜 圝

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