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国 means 'country'

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Strokes : 8    Frequency: 11   JLPT: N5    Usefulness: 1    Study set: 1-1    Grade: 2   Intermediate lesson: 1    Beginner lesson: 3   Begins 604 words   Used in 1358 words   Used in 3047 names   Component in 3 kanji (0 Jōyō)
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Common readings
On
   コク
Kun
   くに country
Additional readings
Name    くな   こ
Variants
國   囯 (Chinese)  
Components
⿴  囗 box; enclosure  玉 jewel  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 国 is used 74 times, read 2 ways (with 2 variations).
Across all words in Japanese, 国 is used 1319 times, read 2 ways (with 3 variations).
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コク : 1047 words FIND ALL
が い こ く 0
foreign country
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コク (read as こっ) : 145 words FIND ALL
こ っ か 1
noun
state; country; nation
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コク (read as ごく) : 66 words FIND ALL
ち ゅ う ご く 1
noun
1. China  (see also: 中華人民共和国)
2. Chugoku region of western Honshu (incl. Okayama, Hiroshima, Shimane, Tottori and Yamaguchi prefectures)  (see also: 中国地方; abbreviation)
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くに : 55 words FIND ALL
く に 0
noun
1. country; state
2. region
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くに (read as ぐに) : 6 words FIND ALL
や ま ぐ に 2
noun
mountainous country
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An additional 39 less common words include 国 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 136 (originally: 123)  Joy o' Kanji : 123  Key to Kanji: 348 

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国
コク   くに country   
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玉
ギョク   たま jewel   
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王
オウ    king   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
土
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
丶
dot   
囗
box, enclosure   
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