国
国 — country
- JLPT
- JLPT N5
- Strokes
- 8
- Taught in
- School year 2
- Frequency
- #3 most common
Readings
On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.
- On'yomi
-
- こく koku
- こく koku
- Kun'yomi
-
- くに kuni
- くに kuni
Words that use 国
A kanji is worth learning for the words it unlocks. These are from the JLPT vocabulary lists.
- 外国 がいこく foreign country JLPT N5
- 外国人 がいこくじん foreigner JLPT N5
- 国 くに country JLPT N5
- 国際 こくさい international JLPT N4
- 国語 こくご national language JLPT N3
- 国籍 こくせき nationality JLPT N3
- 国民 こくみん people (of a country) JLPT N3
- 国家 こっか state JLPT N3
- 国会 こっかい National Diet JLPT N3
- 国境 こっきょう border (between countries) JLPT N3