IDENTITY
国guócountry; nation
HSK 1Top 50
CORE MEANING
country; nation
- Part of speech
- noun
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.countryHSK1
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 囗enclosure radical (wéi)
- strokes
- 8
- Structure
- full enclosure compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿴囗玉
- enclosure; walled territory
- jade; the treasure inside the walls
USAGE
Common words
中国ZhōngguóChina
国家guójiācountry
外国wàiguóforeign country
Graded examples
我爱我的国家。Wǒ ài wǒ de guójiā.HSK2
I love my country.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
- 图
- 园
POEM LINES WITH THIS CHARACTER
LEARNING
Memory aid
Walls (囗) protecting the jade (玉) — a kingdom.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #50
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-14
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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