This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

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: ホウ、くに
Romaji: hou, kuni
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

home country, country, Japan

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  6
Radical Number:  163
Frequency:  654
Grade:  8
Skip Pattern:  1-4-3
Korean Reading:  bang
Chinese Reading:  bang1
Unicode:  90a6
JIS:  4B2E

Indexes

Halpern Index: 847
Nelson Index: 4758
New Nelson Index: 6130
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 2d4.7
Four Corner Index: 5702.7
Guide to Remembering Index: 1792
Gakken Index: 1001
Japanese Names Index: 417
Daikanwanjiten Index: 39310
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 11.0221
Remembering the kanji Index: 1848
Kanji Flashcards Index: 1824
Kodansha Compact Index: 753
Kanji in Context Index: 1621
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 566
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 750
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1865
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1991
Essential Kanji Index: 1323
Kodansha Kanji Index: 1051
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 1444
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 1146

Words

(くに)
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan); land; earth
邦題 (ほうだい)
Japanese (translation) title given to foreign work
邦楽 (ほうがく)
Japanese music (esp. traditional Japanese music)
邦人 (ほうじん)
Japanese national (esp. one living overseas); fellow countryman
ソ連邦 (ソれんぽう)
(former) Soviet Union; USSR
連邦 (れんぽう)
commonwealth; federation of states; confederation; union
邦訳 (ほうやく)
translation into Japanese
東邦 (とうほう)
Oriental country; the Orient
邦画 (ほうが)
Japanese film; Japanese painting
異邦 (いほう)
foreign country
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