A Kanji to tame

THE KANJI · N5 · 8 strokes

Country

Readings on: コク
Kun readings: くに

国くに — country

Readings depend on the word. In kun readings, the dot separates the kanji from its kana ending (okurigana).

Two-word kanji

Reading belongs to the complete word: it is not always deduced from isolated readings.

• 外国がいこく — foreign country; foreign country Word card → Source
• 国際こくさい — international; global Word card → Source
• 国境こっきょう — border Word card → Source
• 国家こっか — status; nation Word card → Source
• 国民こくみん — citizen; nation; people Word card → Source
• 国会こっかい — assembly; parliament; senate Word card → Source