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楚国 (Chǔ guó): meaning and stroke order

楚国 (Chǔ guó) means the state of Chu.

楚国

Simplified
楚国
Traditional
楚國
Pinyin
Chǔ guó

Stroke order of 楚国

楚

  • Chǔ surname Chu; abbr. for Hubei 湖北省[Hu2 bei3 Sheng3] and Hunan 湖南省[Hu2 nan2 Sheng3] provinces together
  • chǔ distinct; clear
  • 13 strokes

Stroke by stroke

国

  • Guó surname Guo
  • guó country; nation; state; (bound form) national
  • 8 strokes
  • Traditional form: 國

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 楚国

  1. Chǔ guó Traditional 楚國
    • the state of Chu, one of the most important of the small states contending for power in China between 770 and 223 BC, located around present-day Hubei

Radicals of the characters

楚
Radical 木 (Kangxi radical 75) · 13 strokes · 林 on top, 疋 below
国
Radical 囗 (Kangxi radical 31) · 8 strokes · built from 囗 and 玉

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

楚国 in our stories

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  • 从前楚国有一位叶公，口口声声说自己最喜欢龙。

    cóngqián Chǔguó yǒu yí wèi Yègōng kǒukoushēngshēng shuō zìjǐ zuì xǐhuan lóng

    Once in the state of Chu there was a Lord Ye who was forever saying that he loved dragons more than anything.

    From the story Lord Ye loves dragons HSK 7–9 · Level 9

Stories using 楚国

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).