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国 — 8 strokes / Radical「囗」

道
9Elementary year 2 / 8 strokes / Radical「囗」
On
コクこく · koku
Kun
くにkuni
Meaning
country

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

A jewel (玉) inside walls (囗) — a country guarding its treasure.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onコクこくkoku国際こくさい国家こっか外国がいこく
Kunくにkuni国くに島国しまぐに

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 国語こくご

    Japanese (school subject)

  • 外国がいこく

    foreign country

More words with this kanji

  • 雪国ゆきぐに
  • 帰国きこく
  • 国内こくない
  • 南国なんごく
  • 北国きたぐに
  • 島国しまぐに

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

外国(がいこく)に いきたいです。

I want to go abroad.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

外国国語国外outsid…語word回to tur…図drawin…園garden囚impris…四four谷valley黒black告to tel…克overco…或a cert…
CompoundRadicalReading

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