KanjiN5Grade 2 · 小28 strokesRadical 囗#3 in newspapers
国 · country
国 is a kanji meaning country. It has 8 strokes and is on the JLPT N5 list.
On'yomi · from Chinese
- コクkoku
Kun'yomi · Japanese
- くにkuni
Practise the N5 kanji
In 第2巻 JLPT N5, a chapter at a time, with their words. Chapter 1 is free.
Words that use 国 · 22 in our JLPT lists
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| 外国がいこく | がいこく | foreign country; abroad | N5 |
| 外国人がいこくじん | がいこくじん | foreigner | N5 |
| 国くに | くに | country; place of origin | N5 |
| 国際こくさい | こくさい | international | N4 |
| 国語こくご | こくご | national language | N3 |
| 国籍こくせき | こくせき | nationality | N3 |
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| Word | Reading | Meaning | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| 国民こくみん | こくみん | national, people, citizen | N3 |
| 国家こっか | こっか | state, country, nation | N3 |
| 国会こっかい | こっかい | National Diet, parliament, congress | N3 |
| 国境こっきょう | こっきょう | national or state border | N3 |
| 全国ぜんこく | ぜんこく | the entire nation, country-wide, nation-wide | N3 |
| 国王こくおう | こくおう | king | N2 |
| 国立こくりつ | こくりつ | national | N2 |
| 国産こくさん | こくさん | domestic products | N1 |
| 国定こくてい | こくてい | state-sponsored, national | N1 |
| 国防こくぼう | こくぼう | national defense | N1 |
| 国有こくゆう | こくゆう | national ownership | N1 |
| 国連こくれん | こくれん | U.N., United Nations | N1 |
| 国交こっこう | こっこう | diplomatic relations | N1 |
| 天国てんごく | てんごく | paradise, heaven, Kingdom of Heaven | N1 |
| 母国ぼこく | ぼこく | one's home country (same as 自分の国 (じぶんのくに)) | N1 |
| 本国ほんごく | ほんごく | one's own country | N1 |
Example sentence
外国へいきたい。
がいこくへいきたい
I want to go abroad.
Readings and meanings: KANJIDIC2 · Words: JMdict · © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Stroke order: KanjiVG (Ulrich Apel and contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0) · JLPT levels: Jonathan Waller, tanos.co.uk (CC BY), unofficial · Sentence: Tatoeba #184808 (CC BY 2.0 FR) · All sources · This page's kanji and word data is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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