国

See also: 國 and 囯

国 U+56FD, 国 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-56FD ← 囼 [U+56FC] CJK Unified Ideographs 图 → [U+56FE]

Translingual

Japanese	国
Simplified	国
Traditional	國

Stroke order (Mainland China)

Stroke order (Chinese)

Stroke order (Japan)

Han character

国 (Kangxi radical 31, 囗+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 田一土戈 (WMGI), four-corner 6010₃, composition ⿴囗玉)

Derived characters

• 啯, 帼, 掴, 𬇹, 椢, 蝈, 𬧩, 𫭔, 𬜿, 𫂆, 𠏹
• 腘 (Exception: Only for mainland China character. Taiwan character contains 囯 with 王 instead)

Related characters

• 國 (Orthodox traditional form)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 218, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4752
• Dae Jaweon: page 446, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 716, character 7
• Unihan data for U+56FD

Chinese

Glyph origin

Simplified from 國 (或 → 玉). Also compare 囯, an unorthodox variant of 國 that contains 王 (“king”) instead of 玉 (“jade”).

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 国 – see 國 (“country; nation; nation-state; kingdom; capital; etc.”). (This character is the simplified and variant form of 國).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.