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kuni

country

Components - Individual components of the kanji.
Bushu - Kanji that share the same bushu number.
Jouyou - Same Jouyou grade.
Skip - Same skip codes.
Example - Example sentences.
Usage - Words that use this kanji.
Drawing - How to draw this kanji.
References - References numbers found in an assortment of reference books.

TRANSLATIONS

English	country
Romaji	kuni
Korean	gug
Mandarin	guo2
Reading	コクくに	koku kuni
Nanori (name)	くなこ	kuna ko
Radical name	-	-

DETAILS

Kanji	国
Radical	no
Radical Number	-
Bushu Number	31
Classical Radical #	-
Frequency of use	3
Jouyou grade level	2
Stroke count	8
Hex ID	3971
Unicode ID	56fd
Four corner code	6010.3
Skip code	3-3-5
Nelson index	-
JIS 0208 code	5422 537b
JIS 0212 code	-

COMPONENTS

Strokes	Radical	Rad. #	Romaji	English
1	丶	3	chu	dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
3	囗	31	i	box or enclosure radical (no. 31), box
4	王	0	ou	king, rule, magnate

SAME BUSHU NUMBER 31

#	Kanji	Romaji	English
1	囲	i	surround, besiege, store, paling, enclosure, encircle, preserve, keep
2	因	in	cause, factor, be associated with, depend on, be limited to
3	園	sono	park, garden, yard, farm
4	回	kai	-times, round, game, revolve, counter for occurrences
5	圏	ken	sphere, circle, radius, range

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SAME JOUYOU GRADE 2

#	Kanji	Romaji	English
1	引	hiki	pull, tug, jerk, admit, install, quote, refer to
2	羽	hane	feathers, counter for birds, rabbits
3	雲	kumo	cloud
4	園	sono	park, garden, yard, farm
5	遠	en	distant, far
6	黄	ki	yellow
7	何	nani	what
8	夏	natsu	summer
9	家	ie	house, home
10	科	ka	department, course, section
11	歌	uta	song, sing
12	画	ga	brush-stroke, picture
13	会	kai	meeting, meet, party, association, interview, join
14	回	kai	-times, round, game, revolve, counter for occurrences
15	海	umi	sea, ocean
16	絵	e	picture, drawing, painting, sketch
17	外	soto	outside
18	角	kaku	angle, corner, square, horn, antlers
19	楽	raku	music, comfort, ease
20	活	katsu	lively, resuscitation, being helped, living
21	間	kan	interval, space
22	丸	maru	round, full, month, perfection, -ship, pills, make round, roll up, curl up, seduce, explain away
23	岩	iwa	boulder, rock, cliff
24	顔	kao	face, expression
25	帰	ki	homecoming, arrive at, lead to, result in
26	汽	ki	vapor, steam
27	記	ki	scribe, account, narrative
28	弓	yumi	bow, bow (archery, violin)
29	牛	ushi	cow
30	魚	sakana	fish
31	京	kyou	capital, 10**16
32	強	kyou	strong
33	教	kyou	teach, faith, doctrine
34	近	kin	near, early, akin, tantamount
35	兄	ani	elder brother, big brother
36	形	katachi	shape, form, style
37	計	kei	plot, plan, scheme, measure
38	元	moto	beginning, former time, origin
39	原	hara	meadow, original, primitive, field, plain, prairie, tundra, wilderness
40	言	gen	say
41	古	ko	old
42	戸	ko	door, counter for houses
43	午	uma	noon, sign of the horse, 11AM-1PM, seventh sign of Chinese zodiac
44	後	nochi	behind, back, later
45	語	go	word, speech, language
46	交	kou	mingle, mixing, association, coming & going
47	光	hikari	ray, light
48	公	kou	public, prince, official, governmental
49	工	kou	craft, construction
50	広	kou	wide, broad, spacious
51	考	kou	consider, think over
52	行	gyou	going, journey
53	高	taka	tall, high, expensive
54	合	gou	fit, suit, join, 0.1
55	国	kuni	country
56	黒	kuro	black
57	今	ima	now
58	才	sai	genius, years old, cubic shaku
59	細	sai	dainty, get thin, taper, slender, narrow
60	作	saku	make, production, prepare, build
61	算	san	calculate, divining, number, abacus, probability
62	姉	ane	elder sister
63	市	shi	market, city, town
64	思	omoi	think
65	止	shi	stop, halt
66	紙	kami	paper
67	寺	tera	Buddhist temple
68	時	toki	time, hour
69	自	ji	oneself
70	室	shitsu	room, apartment, chamber, greenhouse, cellar
71	社	sha	company, firm, office, association, shrine
72	弱	jaku	weak, frail
73	首	kubi	neck, counter for songs and poems
74	秋	aki	autumn
75	週	shuu	week
76	春	haru	springtime, spring (season)
77	書	kaki	write
78	少	shou	few, little
79	場	ba	location, place
80	色	shoku	color
81	食	shoku	eat, food
82	心	kokoro	heart, mind, spirit
83	新	shin	new
84	親	oya	parent, intimacy, relative, familiarity, dealer (cards)
85	図	zu	map, drawing, plan, unexpected, accidentally
86	数	kazu	number, strength, fate, law, figures
87	星	hoshi	star, spot, dot, mark
88	晴	sei	clear up
89	声	koe	voice
90	西	nishi	west, Spain
91	切	setsu	cut, cutoff, be sharp
92	雪	yuki	snow
93	線	sen	line, track
94	船	fune	ship, boat
95	前	mae	in front, before
96	組	kumi	association, braid, plait, construct, assemble, unite, cooperate, grapple
97	走	sou	run
98	多	ta	many, frequent, much
99	太	ta	plump, thick, big around
100	体	karada	body, substance, object, reality, counter for images
101	台	dai	pedestal, a stand, counter for machines and vehicles
102	谷	tani	valley
103	知	chi	know, wisdom
104	地	chi	ground, earth
105	池	ike	pond, cistern, pool, reservoir
106	茶	cha	tea
107	昼	hiru	daytime, noon
108	朝	asa	morning, dynasty, regime, epoch, period, (North) Korea
109	長	chou	long, leader
110	鳥	tori	bird, chicken
111	直	choku	straightaway, honesty, frankness, fix, repair
112	通	toori	traffic, pass through, avenue, commute, counter for letters, notes, documents, etc.
113	弟	otouto	younger brother, faithful service to elders
114	店	mise	store, shop
115	点	ten	spot, point, mark, speck, decimal point
116	電	den	electricity
117	冬	fuyu	winter
118	刀	katana	sword, saber, knife
119	東	higashi	east
120	当	tou	hit, right, appropriate, himself
121	答	kotae	solution, answer
122	頭	atama	head, counter for large animals
123	同	dou	same, agree, equal
124	道	michi	road-way, street, district, journey, course, moral, teachings
125	読	doku	read
126	内	nai	inside, within, between, among, house, home
127	南	minami	south
128	肉	niku	meat
129	馬	uma	horse
130	買	bai	buy
131	売	bai	sell
132	麦	mugi	barley, wheat
133	半	han	half, middle, odd number, semi-, part-
134	番	ban	turn, number in a series
135	父	chichi	father
136	風	kaze	wind, air, style, manner
137	分	fun	part, minute of time, segment, share, degree, one's lot, duty, understand, know, rate, 1%, chances, shaku/100
138	聞	bun	hear, ask, listen
139	米	kome	rice, USA, metre
140	歩	ho	walk, counter for steps
141	母	haha	mama, mother
142	方	hou	direction, person, alternative
143	北	kita	north
144	妹	imouto	younger sister
145	毎	mai	every
146	万	man	ten thousand
147	明	mei	bright, light
148	鳴	mei	chirp, cry, bark, sound, ring, echo, honk
149	毛	ke	fur, hair, feather, down
150	門	mon	gate, counter for cannons
151	夜	yoru	night, evening
152	野	no	plains, field, rustic, civilian life
153	矢	ya	dart, arrow
154	友	tomo	friend
155	曜	you	weekday
156	用	you	utilize, business, service, use, employ
157	来	rai	come, due, next, cause, become
158	理	ri	logic, arrangement, reason, justice, truth
159	里	sato	ri, village, parent's home, league
160	話	hanashi	tale, talk

SAME SKIP CODE 3-3-5

#	Kanji	Romaji	English
1	延	en	prolong, stretching
2	迦	ka	(used phonetically)
3	居	kyo	reside, to be, exist, live with
4	屈	kutsu	yield, bend, flinch, submit
5	固	ko	harden, set, clot, curdle

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EXAMPLE SENTENCES

Note: Entries from the Tanaka Corpus (Examples) should be taken as extremely loose examples only, not definitive, please read http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/tanakacorpus.html for more information.

#	Kanji	English
1	このスローガンは国民を奮い立たせる意図で作られた。 kono suro^gan ha kokumin wo furui tata seru ito de tsukura reta .	The slogan was designed to rouse the people.

2	国家の名誉は最高の価値ある国家的財産である。 kokka no meiyo ha saikou no kachi aru kokkateki zaisan dearu .	National honor is national property of the highest value.

3	江戸時代に、各藩の奨励策によって、全国各地に地場産業が興った。 edojidai ni , kaku han no shourei saku niyotte , zenkokukakuchi ni jibasangyou ga kyoutta .	Local industry flourished throughout the land in the Edo period thanks to the promotional efforts by each clan.

4	西側諸国はドルを強めるために、協議し合わなければなりません。 nishigawashokoku ha doru wo tsuyome rutameni , kyougi shi awa nakerebanarimasen .	Western nations have to put their heads together to strengthen the dollar.

5	この国は天然資源が乏しい。 kono kuni ha tennen shigen ga toboshi i .	This county is poor in natural resources.

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WORD USAGE

#	Dict	Kanji	Hira/Kata	English
1	Japanese	１等国 1 nado kuni	いっとうこく ittoukoku	(n) first-class power

2	Japanese	お伽の国 o kya no kuni	おとぎのくに otoginokuni	(n) a fairyland or never-never land

3	Japanese	お国自慢 o kuni jiman	おくにじまん okunijiman	(n) boasting of one's hometown

4	Japanese	か国 ka kuni	かこく kakoku	(ctr) counter for countries

5	Japanese	か国語 ka kokugo	かこくご kakokugo	(ctr) counter for languages

6	Aviation	国際標準時 kokusaihyoujun toki	こくさいひょうじゅんじ kokusaihyoujunji	ZULU time

7	Aviation	国際民間航空機関 kokusai minkan koukuuki kan	こくさいみんかんこうくうきかん kokusaiminkankoukuukikan	ICAO, International Civil Aviation Organization

8	Aviation	国際民間航空図 kokusai minkan koukuu zu	こくさいみんかんこうくうず kokusaiminkankoukuuzu	World Aeronautical Chart

9	Aviation	国家運輸安全委員会 kokka unyu anzen iinkai	こっかうんゆあんぜんいいんかい kokkaunyuanzen'iinkai	NTSB, National Transportation Safety Board

10	Computing	各国語キーボード kakukokugo ki^bo^do	かくこくごキーボード kakukokugo ki^bo^do	national keyboard

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DRAWING

Note There is a problem with the stroke order in some of these kanji, I'm aware of it but have no time to fix it, like all online information it should be taken with a (large) grain of salt. To be clear: the problem is in the image drawing program not the Taka database.

The green dot is the starting point!
Name above the completed radical is the reading
Name below the completed radical is the radical name
If you find an error, please email kanji at mahou.org

The stroke order information has been borrowed from the Taka Kanji Database

REFERENCES

3087	New Japanese-English Character Dictionary
1037	Modern Reader's Japanese-English Character Dictionary
950	The New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary
2.11	Japanese For Busy People vols I-III
4	The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power
344	Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
136	A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese" 3rd ed.
151	Kanji in Context
1964	Kanji Learners Dictionary
111	Essential Kanji
3172	2001 Kanji" (Bojinsha)
79	A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese
158	Tuttle Kanji Cards
3s5.1	The Kanji Dictionary
40	Kanji & Kana book" 2nd ed.
4752, 3.0068	Morohashi Daikanwajiten (index number, volume.page)
123	A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters
8	Gakken Kanji Dictionary
581	Remembering The Kanji
745	Japanese Names

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© The Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, Monash University (Computing)
© Public Domain with contributions and updating by the EDICT Project. (Examples)
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