国 / Japanese Kanji Meanings & Readings
What does 国 mean?
A country. A region controlled by a single government. Region. To govern a country. Hometown. The earth against the sky.
What's the image of 国?
How to read 国?
Kunyomi... くに/kuni
Onyomi... コク/koku
jinmeikun... toki,
* There are two typical ways of reading kanji, kun-yomi and on-yomi. In addition, there is a reading system called "jinmei kun" which is used only for names.
Other kanji information..
| application |
Can be registered as a Japanese name In Japan, 2999 kanji characters can be registered as names. (In other words, you cannot officially apply for any other kanji as a name.) But if you enjoy it as fiction, no problem. |
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| type | common-use kanji |
| unicode | 56FD 国 (For HTML use) |
国 / related names
- Name:
- morikuni
- Katakana:
- モリクニ
- Name:
- kunishige
- Katakana:
- クニシゲ
- Name:
- kunito
- Katakana:
- クニト
- Name:
- kuniho
- Katakana:
- クニホ
- Name:
- kunihisa
- Katakana:
- クニヒサ
- Name:
- akikuni
- Katakana:
- アキクニ
- Name:
- atsukuni
- Katakana:
- アツクニ
- Name:
- kunishiro
- Katakana:
- クニシロウ
- Kanji:
- 国四郎
- Meaning:
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- 国A country. A region controlled by a single government. Region. To govern a country. Hometown. The earth against the sky.
- 四Four. The fourth. Kanji character for the number 4 (four). The next number after three. The pronunciation of "shi" is associated with the word "death," so it is often changed to "yo" or "yon.
- 郎Male. Men. Young men. A word that refers broadly to boys. A retainer.
- Name:
- kunisuke
- Katakana:
- クニスケ
- Name:
- kunihiro
- Katakana:
- クニヒロ
- Name:
- kunifusa
- Katakana:
- クニフサ
- Kanji:
- 国房
- Meaning:
-
- 国A country. A region controlled by a single government. Region. To govern a country. Hometown. The earth against the sky.
- 房Tuft. A cluster of many threads, the tips of which hang down. The state in which many flowers, fruits, etc. are gathered and hang down from a branch. A bag of fruit contents. Small chamber
- Name:
- sukekuni
- Katakana:
- スケクニ
- Name:
- tsunakuni
- Katakana:
- ツナクニ
- Name:
- hirokuni
- Katakana:
- ヒロクニ
- Name:
- yasukuni
- Katakana:
- ヤスクニ
- Kanji:
- 保国
- Meaning:
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- 保To keep. To keep in a state. To protect. To help. To nourish. Nurture. To make at ease. Take good care of. Take care of. To assume responsibility for. To accompany. To ask. Take care of.
- 国A country. A region controlled by a single government. Region. To govern a country. Hometown. The earth against the sky.
- Name:
- yoshikuni
- Katakana:
- ヨシクニ
- Name:
- kazukuni
- Katakana:
- カズクニ
- Kanji:
- 万国
- Meaning:
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- 万10000. Kanji character for the number 10000 (ten thousand). A unit of number. A large number or quantity. Sufficient. Enough. All. Various. All. Anything. Never. Always. Never. No matter what happens.
- 国A country. A region controlled by a single government. Region. To govern a country. Hometown. The earth against the sky.
- Name:
- kuniaki
- Katakana:
- クニアキ
- Name:
- kunio
- Katakana:
- クニオ