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Chinese symbol for “nation”

国家
guó jiā
Traditional: 國家
country; nation; state

The closest CC-CEDICT match for nation is 国家 (guó jiā), defined as: country; nation; state.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

国 guó
country, nation, state; national
radical 31 ⼞ · 8 strokes
家 jiā
house, home, residence; family
radical 40 ⼧ · 10 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “nation”

WordPinyinMeaning
国 (國)guócountry; nation; state; (bound form) national
邦bāng(bound form) country; nation; state
国度 (國度)guó dùcountry; nation
国族 (國族)guó zúpeople of a country; nation

Related words

Other words that share a character with 国家.

WordPinyinMeaning
国际 (國際)guó jìinternational
全国 (全國)quán guówhole nation; nationwide
国内 (國內)guó nèidomestic; internal (to a country)
我国 (我國)wǒ guómy country; our country
外国 (外國)wài guóforeign country
大家dà jiāeveryone; influential family
家庭jiā tíngfamily; household; 户 (hù)
专家 (專家)zhuān jiāexpert; specialist

See also: Japanese symbol for “nation”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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