Info on the Kanji 国

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Meaning(s)

country

Reading(s)

onyomi KOKU
kunyomi kuni

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stroke count 8
grade 2
jlpt level N5
Example words with 国
WordMeaning
くに
kuni
country / state / region / province / home / land / earth
かくに
ka kuni
counter for countries
みくに
mi kuni
country / japan
かくに
ka kuni
counter for countries
けくに
ke kuni
counter for countries
いっこく
ikkoku
whole country / hotheaded / stubborn
しもくに
shimokuni
leaving for the provinces
がいこく
gaikoku
foreign country
くにつ
kuni tsu
of the land
こくがい
kokugai
outside the country
こくがく
kokugaku
study of japanese literature and culture / provincial school
こくご
kokugo
national language / japanese language / native japanese words
くにくに
kuni kuni
countries
こくしょ
kokusho
credentials / sovereign message
くにびと
kunibito
indigenous person / inhabitant of a country
こくだい
kokudai
national university
くにじゅう
kunijuu
all over the country
こくでん
kokuden
national railroad
こくど
kokudo
country / territory / domain / realm
くにはは
kuni haha
empress / empress dowager
くにもと
kunimoto
foundation of the nation
こくめい
kokumei
country name
みくに
mikuni
three countries / japan, china & india / japan, korea & china / all the world / three kingdoms
やまぐに
yamaguni
mountainous country
しこく
shikoku
shikoku
しゅっこく
shukkoku
departure from a country
しょうこく
shoukoku
small country
西にしこく
nishikoku
the western part of japan / western nations / 33 temples in the kinki area containing a statue of avalokitesvara / a pilgrimage of these temples
たいこく
taikoku
large country / major powers
ちゅうごく
chuugoku
china / south-west most region of honshu / middle of a country / the hiroshima area
てんごく
tengoku
paradise / heaven / kingdom of heaven
つちくに
tsuchi kuni
turkey
ひがしくに
higashi kuni
eastern country / eastern provinces / kanto provinces
なんごく
nangoku
southern countries
にゅうこく
nyuukoku
entry to a country
はんくに
han kuni
half a kuni
きたぐに
kitaguni
northern provinces / northern countries
ばんこく
bankoku
all countries / the whole world / universal / all nations
ろくくに
roku kuni
six kingdoms
かのかのくに
kano kuni
that country / nirvana
かこくご
ka kokugo
counter for languages
かこくご
ka kokugo
counter for languages
けこくご
ke kokugo
counter for languages
タイたいくに
tai kuni
thailand
がいこくご
gaikokugo
foreign language
がいこくじん
gaikokujin
foreigner / foreign citizen / foreign national / alien / non-japanese
五大ごたいこく
go taikoku
the five powers
の本くにのほん
kuni no hon
national principles / foundation of the country
語学こくごがく
kokugogaku
japanese philology
みくにいち
mikuni ichi
unparalleled in japan and china and india
みくににん
mikuni nin
national of a third country / foreigner resident in japan
三大さんだいくに
sandai kuni
the big three
出入しゅつにゅうこく
shutsunyuukoku
emigration and immigration
中間ちゅうかんくに
chuukan kuni
buffer state
ちゅうごくがく
chuugoku gaku
sinology / chinese studies
ちゅうごくご
chuugokugo
chinese
ちゅうごくじん
chuugokujin
chinese person
ちゅうごくめい
chuugoku mei
chinese name
にくにかん
ni kuni kan
bilateral
日本にほんこく
nihonkoku
japan
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