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
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “nation”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 国 (國) | guó | country; nation; state; (bound form) national |
| 邦 | bāng | (bound form) country; nation; state |
| 国度 (國度) | guó dù | country; nation |
| 国族 (國族) | guó zú | people of a country; nation |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 国家.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 国际 (國際) | guó jì | international |
| 全国 (全國) | quán guó | whole nation; nationwide |
| 国内 (國內) | guó nèi | domestic; internal (to a country) |
| 我国 (我國) | wǒ guó | my country; our country |
| 外国 (外國) | wài guó | foreign country |
| 大家 | dà jiā | everyone; influential family |
| 家庭 | jiā tíng | family; household; 户 (hù) |
| 专家 (專家) | zhuān jiā | expert; 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.