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Kanji Grade 2 - 国

Kanji character Grade 2 国. Writing practice along with onyomi and kunyomi readings.

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Kanji Grade 2 - 国
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country
Kun: くに
On: コク
8 strokes
Radical: enclosure 囗
Parts: 丶 囗 王
 
Onyomi
国益 【コクエキ】 national interest
国営 【コクエイ】 government management, state management
最恵国 【サイケイコク】 most favored nation, most favoured nation, MFN
異国 【イコク】 foreign country
 
Kunyomi
国 【くに】 country, state, region, national government, central government, home (i.e. hometown, home country), province (of Japan), land, earth
国人 【こくじん】 indigenous person, inhabitant of a country, local, native, local lords and samurai, daimyo who did not leave his domains to meet the shogun in Kyoto (during the Muromachi period)
お国 【おくに】 your native country, your hometown, my home country (i.e. Japan), countryside, country, daimyo's territory (Edo period)
根の堅州国 【ねのかたすくに】 underworld, netherworld