漢字城 Kanji Fortress

国 country

On'yomi
コク
Kun'yomi
くに
Strokes
8
JLPT
N5
Taught in
Primary school, year 2

Stroke order

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
国 is written in 8 strokes. Each panel adds the next one; the dot marks where the brush starts.

Remember it

A border wall drawn around a precious jade treasure, with the wall closed on every side — that guarded enclosure is a country.

A common word

  • 外国 がいこく foreign country

Example sentences

  • どのくにからきましたか。

    Which country did you come from?

  • わたしのくにはふゆがとてもさむいです。

    Winters are very cold in my country.

Kanji that share a part

囗 is its radical. 12 kanji share it in all.

  • 四 four
  • 図 diagram
  • 因 cause N3
  • 回 -times N3
  • 囲 surround N3
  • 困 quandary N3
  • 園 park N3
  • 囚 prisoner N2

玉 is a component.

  • 宝 treasure N2
  • 璧 jewel N1