国 – vocab dash

Keyword

country

Frequency: #3
Strokes: 8
Grade: 2
JLPT (old): N4
Heisig: 624

Readings

コク96%

くに4%

Mnemonic

A red ball floats on a white banner, and the banner arrives sealed in a closed box; you unwrap it and salute your country.

Stroke order

Composed of

囗closed box 玉ball

Used in kanji

掴grab 椢type of oak tree

Used in vocabulary

国くに

country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country)

Noun

外がい国こく人じん

foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese

Noun

グアテマラ共きょう和わ国こく

Republic of Guatemala

Noun

中ちゅう国ごく

China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region

Noun

外がい国こく

foreign country

Noun

韓かん国こく

South Korea; Republic of Korea

Noun

国こっ家か

state; country; nation

Noun

国こっ会かい

National Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1947-); legislative assembly; parliament; congress

Noun

国こく際さい

international

No-adjective

国こく内ない

within the country; inside the county; domestic; home; internal

No-adjective

国こく民みん

people (of a country); nation; citizen; national; Democratic Party for the People

Noun

国こく連れん

United Nations; UN

Noun

米べい国こく

(United States of) America; USA; US

Noun

両りょう国こく

both countries

Noun

全ぜん国こく

the whole country

Noun

国こっ会かい議ぎ員いん

member of the Diet; Diet member; member of parliament; MP

Noun

国こく際さい的てき

international; worldwide; cross-border; cosmopolitan

Na-adjective

先せん進しん国こく

developed country; advanced country

Noun

国こく民みん投とう票ひょう

national referendum

Noun

途と上じょう国こく

developing country

Noun

国こっ境きょう

border (between countries); national border

Noun

国こく籍せき

nationality; citizenship; nationality (ship, airplane, etc.); registration; flag

Noun

国こく防ぼう

national defence; national defense

Noun

国こく立りつ

national; founded and run by the central government

No-adjective