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This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: コク、くに
Romaji: koku, kuni
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Romaji

Name Reading

Kana:
Romaji: ko
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Romaji

Meaning

country

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  11
Radical Number:  31
Frequency: 
Grade:  10
Skip Pattern:  3-3-8
Korean Reading:  gug
Chinese Reading:  guo2
Unicode:  570b
JIS:  5422

Indexes

Halpern Index: 3132
Nelson Index: 1042
New Nelson Index: 956
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3s5.1
Four Corner Index: 6015.3
Japanese Names Index: 1500
Daikanwanjiten Index: 4798
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 6.0073
Remembering the kanji Index: 2988
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2699
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 2990
Kodansha Kanji Index: 3886

Words

(くに)
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan); land; earth
日本国憲法 (にほんこくけんぽう)
constitution of Japan; Japanese constitution
国章 (こくしょう)
national emblem; (national) coat of arms
英国 (えいこく)
Great Britain; the United Kingdom
御国 (みくに)
country; Japan
大日本帝国憲法 (だいにっぽんていこくけんぽう)
Meiji Constitution (Constitution of the Empire of Japan)
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