国
country; nation; state; (bound form) national
8 strokes
Dict coverage rank #9 U+56FD
How 国 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
Treasure 玉 within a country's borders 囗
How to remember it
country · Heisig RSH #549
pent in + 玉 jade
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 国 as their sound component
These characters all use 国 (guó) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 国 sound component | guó | country, nation, state; national |
| 蝈 | guō | cicada, grasshopper; small green frog |
| 帼 | guó | women's headgear; mourning cap |
| 掴 | guāi | to slap, to box one's ears |
Words containing 国
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 国大 | Guó Dà | abbr. for 國民大會|国民大会, National Assembly of the Republic of China (extant during various per… |
| 大国 | dà guó | a power (i.e. a dominant country) |
| 国人 | guó rén | compatriots (literary); fellow countrymen |
| 中国人大 | Zhōng guó rén dà | China National People's Congress |
| 中国人 | Zhōng guó rén | Chinese person |
| 中国 | Zhōng guó | China |
| 国中 | guó zhōng | junior high school (Tw); abbr. for 國民中學|国民中学[guo2 min2 zhong1 xue2] |
| 国学 | guó xué | Chinese national culture; studies of ancient Chinese civilization; the Imperial College (h… |
| 天国 | tiān guó | Kingdom of Heaven |
| 马国 | Mǎ guó | Malaysia |
| 国小 | guó xiǎo | elementary school (Tw); abbr. for 國民小學|国民小学[guo2 min2 xiao3 xue2] |
| 中国海 | Zhōng guó Hǎi | the China Seas (the seas of the Western Pacific Ocean, around China: Bohai Sea, Yellow Sea… |
| 国家 | guó jiā | country; nation; state |
| 中国化 | Zhōng guó huà | to sinicize; to take on Chinese characteristics |
| 国会山 | Guó huì shān | Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C. |
| 大西国 | Dà xī guó | Atlantis |
| 安国市 | Ān guó Shì | Anguo, a county-level city in Baoding City 保定市[Bao3 ding4 Shi4], Hebei |
| 国有 | guó yǒu | nationalized; public; government owned; state-owned |
| 大公国 | dà gōng guó | grand duchy |
| 法国人 | Fǎ guó rén | Frenchman; French person |