Translingual

Stroke order

Japanese stroke order

Han character

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

References

• 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

Japanese

Kanji

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

Readings

• Goon: こく (koku)
• Kan’on: こく (koku)
• Kun: くに (kuni)
• Nanori: くな (kuna), こ (ko)

Usage notes

The on'yomi is used in compounds like 国語 (こくご, Kokugo: "national language", i.e. Japanese) or 中国 (ちゅうごく, Chūgoku: China; the Chūgoku region of central Japan). In many compounds where the 国 character does not come first, koku changes to goku due to rendaku (連濁).

Compounds

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• (Tokyo) くに [kùní] (Heiban - [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [kɯ̃ᵝni]

Noun

国 ‎(shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 國, hiragana くに, romaji 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

• (a land): 大地 (だいち) ‎(daichi), 土地 (とち) ‎(tochi), 陸地 (りくち) ‎(rikuchi)
• (nation): 国家 (こっか) ‎(kokka), 国土 (こくど) ‎(kokudo)
• (ancient national government): 国府 (こくふ) ‎(kokufu)
• (birthplace): 出生地 (しゅっしょうち) ‎(shusshōchi), 生国 (しょうごく) ‎(shōgoku), 故郷 (ふるさと) ‎(furusato), 故郷 (こきょう) ‎(kokyō)

References

1. ↑ 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

Han character

国 (quốc)

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References

• Nom Foundation