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国

guó

HSK 1 Character Traditional 國

What 国 means

1. country; nation; state
2. bound formnational

Other readings

国 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Guósurname Guo

Example sentences

• 我是美国人
  Wǒ shì Měiguórén
  I am Armenian.
• 我来自中国
  Wǒ láizì Zhōngguó
  I'm originally from China.
• 法国万岁。
  Fǎguó wànsuì.
  Long live France.
• 朕即国家！
  I am the State!
• 朕即国家。
  I am the state.
• 她要回国。
  She's going to return to her country.

Words starting with 国

• 国家guó jiācountry; nation; state
• 国际guó jìinternational
• 国内guó nèidomestic; internal (to a country); civil
• 国籍guó jínationality
• 国庆节Guó qìng jiéPRC National Day (October 1st)
• 国外guó wàiabroad; external (affairs); overseas
• 国务院Guó wù yuàn(mainland) State Council; (USA) State Department
• 国防guó fángnational defense
• 国民党Guó mín dǎngGuomindang or Kuomintang (KMT); Nationalist Party
• 国王guó wángking
• 国有guó yǒunationalized; public; government owned
• 国产guó chǎndomestically produced
• 国人guó réncompatriots (literary); fellow countrymen
• 国民guó mínnationals; citizens; people of a nation
• 国语Guó yǔChinese language (Mandarin), emphasizing its national nature…
• 国内外guó nèi wàidomestic and international; at home and abroad
• 国庆Guó qìngNational Day
• 国会Guó huìParliament (UK); Congress (US); Diet (Japan)
• 国际化guó jì huàto internationalize; internationalization
• 国旗guó qíflag (of a country)
• 国土guó tǔcountry's territory; national land
• 国家队guó jiā duìnational team
• 国度guó dùcountry; nation
• 国企guó qǐstate-owned enterprise; (Taiwan) international business management…

Words containing 国

• 中国Zhōng guóChina
• 美国Měi guóUnited States; USA; US
• 全国quán guówhole nation; nationwide; countrywide
• 英国Yīng guóUnited Kingdom (UK); Britain
• 中国人Zhōng guó rénChinese person
• 德国Dé guóGermany
• 法国Fǎ guóFrance
• 我国wǒ guómy country; our country
• 祖国zǔ guómotherland
• 韩国Hán guóSouth Korea (Republic of Korea); (historical) Han, one of the Seven Warring States 战国七雄
• 共和国gòng hé guórepublic
• 外国wài guóforeign country
• 出国chū guóto go abroad; to leave the country
• 回国huí guóto return to one's home country
• 外国人wài guó rénforeigner
• 各国gè guóeach country; every country; various countries
• 联合国Lián hé guóUnited Nations
• 帝国dì guóempire; imperial
• 俄国É guóRussia
• 爱国ài guóto love one's country; patriotic
• 泰国Tài guóThailand
• 民国Mín guóRepublic of China (1912-1949); used in Taiwan as the name of the calendar era…
• 建国jiàn guóto found a country; nation-building; the foundation of PRC by Mao Zedong in 1949
• 英国人Yīng guó rénBritish person; British people

Characters that look like 国

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 园yuánland used for growing plants; site used for public recreation…
• 困kùnto trap; to surround; hard-pressed
• 丽lìbeautiful
• 固gùhard; strong; solid
• 囤dùnbin for grain
• 囿yòupark; to limit; be limited to

Sounds the same

Read guó, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 帼cap worn by women; feminine
• 腘knee pit; popliteal fossa (medicine)
• 馘(literary) to cut off the left ear of a slain enemy; the severed ear of a slain enemy
• 聝cut off the left ear of the slain
• 虢surname Guo; Guo, a kinship group whose members held dukedoms within the Zhou Dynasty…
• 囯variant of 国
• 圀old variant of 国
• 囶old variant of 国
• 囻old variant of 国