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邦 means 'home country'

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Strokes : 7    Frequency: 1302   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-17    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 15 words   Used in 74 words   Used in 711 names   Component in 3 kanji (0 Jōyō)
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A Joy o' Kanji essay is available for 邦 - click the badge to download
If you think you know how to say 'Japan,' 邦 comes as a surprise. In Japan, native speakers call each other 日本人 (Japanese), but in other countries they could also use 邦人 (overseas Japanese national). Crossing borders means that vocabulary changes, along with currency and converters! The essay compares 邦 with other kanji for "Japan," looking at the nuances 邦 lends to words.
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⿰  丰 ladder  ⻏ (邑) group  
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那 what?  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 邦 is used 2 times, read 1 way (with 1 variation).
Across all words in Japanese, 邦 is used 72 times, read 1 way (with 1 variation).
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ホウ (read as ぽう) : 46 words FIND ALL
れ ん ぽ う 0
commonwealth; federation of states; confederation; union
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ホウ : 26 words FIND ALL
ほ う が く 0
noun
Japanese music (esp. traditional Japanese music)  (see also: 洋楽)
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An additional 那 less common words include 邦 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Henshall: 1792  Joy o' Kanji : 1792  Key to Kanji: - 

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邦
ホウ    home country, country, Japan   
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⻏
おおざと group, community, large village   
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丰
ladder
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