国 (guó): meaning and stroke order
国 (guó) means country; nation; state, (bound form) national, surname Guo.
国
- Simplified
- 国
- Traditional
- 國
- Pinyin
- guó
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Stroke order of 国
国
- Guó surname Guo
- guó country; nation; state; (bound form) national
- 8 strokes
- Traditional form: 國
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Meaning of 国
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guó
Traditional 國
- country; nation; state
- (bound form) national
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Guó
Traditional 國
- surname Guo
Radical and structure
- 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.
Words with 国
- 中国 Zhōng guó China
- 国家 guó jiā country; nation; state; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 德国 Dé guó Germany
- 全国 quán guó whole nation; nationwide
- 战国 Zhàn guó the Warring States period (475-221 BC)
- 回国 huí guó to return to one's home country
- 国王 guó wáng king
- 鲁国 Lǔ guó Lu, vassal state at the time of the Zhou Dynasty 周朝|周朝[Zhou1 chao2], located in the southwest of present-day Shandong 山東|山东[Shan1 dong1], birthplace of Confucius
- 国君 guó jūn monarch
- 各国 gè guó each country; every country
- 秦国 Qín guó the state of Qin, one of the seven states of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC)
- 楚国 Chǔ guó 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
国 in our stories
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去年春节，她回国探亲。在老家的饭桌上，亲戚们问她：“什么时候回来定居？”
qùnián Chūnjié tā huí guó tànqīn zài lǎojiā de fànzhuō shàng qīnqi men wèn tā shénme shíhou huílai dìngjū
Last Spring Festival she went back to China to see her family. At the dinner table in her hometown, relatives asked, "When are you coming back for good?"
From the story Two homes HSK 7–9 · Level 7
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十九年后，重耳真的回国做了国君，就是后来的晋文公。他大赏功臣，却偏偏忘了介子推。
shíjiǔ nián hòu Chóng'ěr zhēnde huí guó zuò le guójūn jiùshì hòulái de Jìn Wéngōng tā dà shǎng gōngchén què piānpiān wàng le Jiè Zǐtuī
Nineteen years later Chong'er did return and became ruler, known afterwards as Duke Wen of Jin. He richly rewarded those who had served him, yet of all people he forgot Jie Zitui.
From the story Cold Food Day and Qingming HSK 7–9 · Level 7
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几千年来，中国人一直把养蚕的方法当作最重要的秘密，严禁把蚕和蚕种带出国。
jǐqiān nián lái Zhōngguó rén yìzhí bǎ yǎng cán de fāngfǎ dàngzuò zuì zhòngyào de mìmì yánjìn bǎ cán hé cánzhǒng dài chū guó
For thousands of years the Chinese treated silkworm-raising as their most important secret and strictly forbade taking silkworms or their eggs out of the country.
From the story Leizu and the silkworm HSK 7–9 · Level 8
Stories using 国
- Two homes HSK 7–9 · Level 7
- Cold Food Day and Qingming HSK 7–9 · Level 7
- Leizu and the silkworm HSK 7–9 · Level 8
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).