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国 kanji
country
- JLPT level
- N5 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- Grade 2 (elementary school)
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On readings
コク
Kun readings
くに
Variant forms
囶圀國Words with 国
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —国務院State Council (of the People's Republic of China)
- —輸入国importing country
- —密出国smuggling oneself out of a country
- —中国茶Chinese tea
- —中国酒Chinese alcohol; Chinese spirits
- —六国史Rikkokushi; six national histories of Japan compiled in the Nara and Heian periods
- —中国史Chinese history
- —国籍法Nationality Act
- —国語科Japanese language (as a school subject in Japan)
- —国交省Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism; MLIT
- —輸出国exporting country
- —雇用国country of employment
- —四国稗finger millet (Eleusine coracana)
- —国幣社shrine receiving offerings from the provincial government (pre-Meiji) or the national treasury (post-Meiji)
- —帝国兵imperial soldier
- —米国車American car
- —持国天Dhrtarastra (Buddhist deity)
- —島四国small-scale version of the 88 temples of Shikoku (Awaji Island, Shōdoshima, etc.)
- —債務国debtor nation; debt-laden country; debtor country
- —異国人foreigner; stranger; outsider; alien