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国

Kanji 国: meaning "country", readings, stroke order

The kanji 国 means "country". On'yomi: コク; kun'yomi: くに. JLPT N5 kanji, with example words.

Readings

Meaning
country
On'yomi
コク
Kun'yomi
くに
Strokes
8
Level
JLPT N5
Official status
Jōyō (common-use kanji)
Old form
國 旧字体: the form used before 1946, still seen in names and older texts.

Words with 国

  • 外国 がいこく — foreign country; abroad
  • 外国人 がいこくじん — foreigner
  • 国 くに — Country
  • 国際 こくさい — international
  • 国語 こくご — national language
  • 国籍 こくせき — nationality
  • 国民 こくみん — national, people, citizen
  • 国家 こっか — state, country, nation
  • 国会 こっかい — National Diet, parliament, congress
  • 国境 こっきょう — national or state border
  • 全国 ぜんこく — the entire nation, country-wide, nation-wide
  • ~国 ~こく — nation of ~

Stroke order · 8 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8

Strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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