国
国
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Meanings: country, nation 
On Readings: コク koku
Kun Readings: くに kuni
Most Used Pronunciation: kuni JLPT Level: 4 (see all JLPT 4 kanji) Grade: 2 Kanji Part: 囗
Stroke Number: 8 |
Level 4 Completion
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Common jukugo
友好国 - ゆう こう こく yuu kou koku - friendly nation
外国人 - がい こく じん gai koku jin - foreigner
国語 - こく ご koku go - national language (in Japan, Japanese)
天国 - てん ごく ten goku - heaven, paradise
帰国 - き こく ki koku - return to own's own country
国産 - こく さん koku san - a national product
国内 - こく ない koku nai -
国際 - こく さい koku sai - internation(al)
国民 - こくみん koku min - people of a nation
Useful Examples
Japanese: 社会の慣習は国によって異なる。
Romaji: Shakai no kanshuu wa kuni niyotte kotonaru.
Literal: Society's custom country depending on differ.
English: Customs differ depending on the country.
Japanese: 父は帰国したばかりだ。
Romaji: chichi wa kikoku shita bakari da.
English: My father has just returned from abroad.
Japanese: この国には多くの市がある。
Romaji: kono kuni ni wa ooku no shi ga aru.
English: There are many cities in this country,
Japanese: 音楽を勉強するためにこの国へやってきた。
Romaji: ongaku o benkyou suru tame ni kono kuni e yatte kita.
English: I came to this country for the purpose of studying music.
Japanese: その科学者は国の内外で有名である。
Romaji: sono kagakusha wa kuni no naigai de yuumei de aru.
English: The scientist is famous both at home and abroad.
Japanese: 当局は自国の通貨を何とか安定させた。
Romaji: toukyoku wa jikoku no tsuuka o nantoka antei saseta.
English: The authorities managed to stabilize the currency.
Japanese: 中国の歴史は日本の歴史より古い。
Romaji: chuugoku no rekishi wa nihon no rekishi yori furui.
English: The history of China is older than that of Japan.
Look alike kanji
Notes/Mnemonic
This is a combination of kuchi (口) [mouth] & tama (玉) [ball]. Sometimes if the parts that make a kanji are strange it becomes actually easier to remember! So get a ball stick it in your mouth and think of your country! You can also think of something being contained by boundaries (countries are lands separated by boundaries).
Many example sentences are from the Tanaka Corpus as modified for use with WWWJDIC.