国 (kuni) Kanji Meaning: "Country" | Learn Kanji with Pictures

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Drawing: A border wall guards a treasure inside: a country.

国 means country

A border wall guards a treasure inside: a country.

On'yomi

  • コクkoku

Kun'yomi

  • くにkuni

How it's built

  • 囗enclosure
  • 玉jewel

Common words

  • 国くにcountry; state
  • 国名こくめいcountry name
  • 入国にゅうこくentry into a country
  • 外国がいこくforeign country

Through history

  1. Bronze script form of 國Bronze
  2. Seal script form of 國Seal
  3. Today
Written 國 before Japan's postwar reform.

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