國

• 囗 (This character is used unofficially as a shorthand for 國 and 圍.)
• 𡆸 (Also a variant of 日.)
• 𡆻, 𡇎, 𡇏, 𡇕, 𡈑, 𢦾, 𢧌, 𤦒, 𤦂

國 (radical 31, 囗+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 田戈口一 (WIRM), four-corner 6015₃, composition ⿴囗或)

• 𬿓, 𪤑, 𫱣, 幗, 𢐚, 慖, 摑, 漍, 槶, 𤎍, 𤔩, 𤡓, 𪼓, 膕, 𥊞, 𥕏, 𦄰, 蟈, 𧤯, 𧰒, 𫏜, 𨉹, 𨫵, 𩠲, 𩪐, 𪅦
• 𢧷, 𣂽, 爴, 𭍲, 𭺙, 𤮋, 𭍷, 𫛐, 蔮, 簂, 𢠝

• 国 (Japanese shinjitai and Simplified Chinese)

• KangXi: page 219, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4798
• Dae Jaweon: page 447, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 720, character 9
• Unihan data for U+570B

Historical forms of the character 國
Shang	Western Zhou	Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Chu Slip and silk script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kʷɯːɡ) : semantic 囗 (“closure”) + phonetic 或 (OC *ɡʷɯːɡ).

The k-prefix derivation of 域 (OC *ɢʷrɯɡ, “boundary; territory”). Cognate with 閾 (OC *qʰʷrɯɡ, “threshold”) and 囿 (OC *ɢʷɯs, *ɡʷɯ, “park; garden”).

No obvious outside cognate exists. It may be related to Burmese ကွက် (kwak, “to be marked with a square or circular pattern; to be confined to a certain area”) (Schuessler, 2007).

An elaborate 國

國

1. country; nation; nation-state; kingdom (Classifier: 個／个)

   國家 / 国家  ―  guójiā  ―  country

   • 你們要先求他的國和他的義，這些東西都要加給你們了。 [MSC, trad.]
     你们要先求他的国和他的义，这些东西都要加给你们了。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 新標點和合本 (Chinese Union Version with New Punctuation), 馬太福音 (Matthew) 6:33

     Nǐmen yào xiān qiú tā de guó hé tā de yì, zhèxiē dōngxi dōu yào jiā gěi nǐmen le. [Pinyin]

     [S]eek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

2. ^† capital
3. ^† to make a place the capital city; to establish a capital

   • 國於豳。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     国于豳。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, circa 91 BCE

     Guó yú bīn. [Pinyin]

     He made his capital at Pin.

4. Short for 國語／国语 (guóyǔ, “Mandarin”).
5. Short for 國民黨／国民党 (Guómíndǎng, “Kuomintang”).
6. A surname​.

• → Bouyei: guef
• → Zhuang: guek

• “Entry #7095”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 国)

1. country, nation, nation-state

• On (unclassified): こく (koku)
• Kun: くに (kuni, 國)

國 (kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai kanji 国, hiragana くに, rōmaji kuni)

1. a land, a country

國 (eumhun 나라 국 (nara guk))

1. Hanja form^? of 국 (“country; state; nation; land”).

國: Hán Việt readings: quốc[1][2][3]
國: Nôm readings: cuốc[1][3][4], quốc[2][5]

1. Hán tự form of quốc (“nation; state; country”).