国 — kanji meaning “country”
国
country
- Meanings
- country
- On'yomi
- コク (koku)
- Kun'yomi
- くに
- Name readings
- くな、こ
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- 2
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 4
- Newspaper frequency
- #3 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 31
- Chinese reading
- guó — Chinese character page
Words with 国
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 全国 | ぜんこく zenkoku | the whole country |
| 国内 | こくない kokunai | within the country; inside the county; domestic |
| 国民 | こくみん kokumin | people (of a country); nation; citizen |
| 国家 | こっか kokka | state; country; nation |
| 国際 | こくさい kokusai | international |
| 外国 | がいこく gaikoku | foreign country |
| 国会 | こっかい kokkai | National Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1947-) |
| 中国 | ちゅうごく chuugoku | China |
| 国立 | こくりつ kokuritsu | national; founded and run by the central government |
| 韓国 | かんこく kankoku | South Korea; Republic of Korea |
| 帝国 | ていこく teikoku | empire |
| 国境 | こっきょう kokkyou | border (between countries); national border |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.