國
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guó · country, nation, state

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Shape and proportion

11Total strokes

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EnclosedCharacter structure

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囗Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 國

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Example sentences

Notice where 國 sits in each complete thought.

Wǒ xiǎng liǎojiě nǐ de guó jiā.我想了解你的國家。

I want to know about your country.

Source: Tatoeba #13109985 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Yǒu yì tiān wǒ yào qù měi guó.有一天我要去美國。

I want to go to America some day.

Source: Tatoeba #881199 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā bú shì měi guó rén, shì fǎ guó rén.他不是美國人,是法國人。

He is not an American but a Frenchman.

Source: Tatoeba #685092 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā gào sù le wǒ tā yào qù měi guó.他告訴了我他要去美國。

He told me he was going to America.

Source: Tatoeba #343242 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā bǎ tā de yì shēng xiàn gěi le tā de guó jiā.他把他的一生獻給了他的國家。

He gave his life for his country.

Source: Tatoeba #805588 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ zhù zài guó wài shí nián le.我住在國外十年了。

I lived abroad for ten years.

Source: Tatoeba #802008 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 國 in context

  1. Say guó, then recall the core meaning: country, nation, state.
  2. Write all 11 strokes while keeping the enclosed balanced.
  3. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 國 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.