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Kanji Detail for 國 - "country, kingdom"
國
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Meaning
國 means "country, kingdom." Also associated with land.
Country - A nation; a state.
Land - A territory; a region.
Kingdom - A realm; a domain.
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Tattoo check: 國
- Verified meaning: country, kingdom
- Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
- Used in real Japanese given names (read くに, くにさき, くにざき, くにじ)
- Also carries these associations: land
A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.
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Name readings of 國
Given names 國(くに)
Surnames 國(くにさき)
國(くにざき)
國(くにじ)
國(くにつぐ)
國(くにとも)
國(くにむね)
國(くにゆき)
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Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
country
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
nation, country, nation-state
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
surname Guo
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
country, nation, state; national
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
The territory granted to feudal lords. (Mencius) "A large state has territory of one hundred li square. A middle state has seventy li. A small state has fifty li." | An institution where one group of people governs another group. Also called 國家 (state/country). One's own country is called 本國; others' countries are all called 外國.
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