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guó

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guó Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
guó | guo2
English translation
country, nation, state; national

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About guó

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

guó

Contains the radical

wéi

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

Treasure  huò within a country's borders  wéi

Etymology of guó

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

囗或

Explanation

Simplified form of guó . Phonosemantic compound. wéi represents the meaning and huò represents the sound.

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Words with guó

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
美国 Měi guó USA美國
中国 Zhōngguó China中國
国家 guójiā country國家
国际 guójì international國際
全国 quán guó whole nation全國
英国 Yīng guó United Kingdom 聯合王國|联合王国 Lián hé wáng guó [Lián​hé​wáng​guó]英國
法国 Fǎ guó France法國
Guó country guó
我国 wǒ guó China我國
德国 Dé guó Germany德國
国王 guówáng king國王
国内 guó nèi domestic國內
韩国 Hán guó South Korea (Republic of Korea)韓國
俄国 É guó Russia俄國
国外 guó wài abroad國外
联合国 Lián hé guó United Nations聯合國
帝国 dì guó empire帝國
国会 Guó huì Parliament (UK)國會
外国 wài guó foreign (country)外國
祖国 zǔguó motherland祖國
国务院 Guówùyuàn State Council (PRC)國務院
泰国 Tài guó Thailand泰國
国土 guó tǔ national land國土
两国 liǎng guó both countries兩國
各国 gè guó each country各國

guó Decomposition & Compounds

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