The kanji 国: meaning, readings and stroke order

国

Meaning: country
On reading: コク koku
Kun reading: くに kuni
Strokes: 8
Radical: 囗 enclosure
Level: Level 2 · grade 2
Old form: 國

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: đất nước (quốc)
Japanese: くに。
Korean: 나라 (국)
Chinese: 国家

Readings, words and example sentences

コク koku · on reading

外がい国こく
foreign country
外がい国こくの話を聞きました。
I heard stories about other countries.

くに kuni · kun reading

国くに
country
わたしの 国くにはとてもあついです。
My country is very hot.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.