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National Country State Japan Home One's Language Japanese

Kanji
Onyomi コク
Kunyomi くに
Nanori くな, こ
English country
Examples 外国(がいこく): foreign country
外国人(がいこくじん): foreigner
国家(こっか): state; country; nation
国会(こっかい): National Diet; parliament; congress
国際(こくさい): international
国民(こくみん): nation; nationality; people; citizen
国連(こくれん): UN; United Nations
全国(ぜんこく): country-wide; nation-wide; whole country; national
国(くに): (1) country; (the) state (2) region (3) province (of Japan) (4) home (i.e. hometown, home country) (5) land; earth
国境(こっきょう): national border; provincial border
国籍(こくせき): nationality
国防(こくぼう): national defence; national defense
国立(こくりつ): national
国交(こっこう): diplomatic relations
国産(こくさん): domestic products
国土(こくど): country; territory; domain; realm
本国(ほんごく): one's own country
国語(こくご): (1) national language (2) Japanese language (often as a school subject in Japan) (3) native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords)
天国(てんごく): paradise; heaven; Kingdom of Heaven
国有(こくゆう): national ownership
国王(こくおう): king
母国(ぼこく): one's homeland
国定(こくてい): state-sponsored; national
JLPT Level 5
Jouyou Grade 2
Frequency 3
Components 囗: box or enclosure radical (no. 31); box
玉: jewel; ball
Number of Strokes 8
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 31
Radical Strokes 3
Radical Reading くに・くにがまえ
Traditional Form
Classification 会意 Compound Ideographic
Keyword country
Koohii Story 1 In my country (England) the crown jewels are kept pent-in in the Tower of London. Which happens to be where enemies of the state were once also pent-in (probably for trying to steal those jewels).
Koohii Story 2 Just think of Japan, a country which is like a jewel but historically very enclosed.
RTK Index (new) 624

Tags: jlpt.n5, grade2, kanjifreq1-250, kanji_people_group

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