guó = gu + o2
surname Guo
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guó = gu + o2
country / nation / state / national / CL:個|个[ge4]
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How to pronounce 国

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= gu initial

Gu is for Gitta Giraffe.

By Matthias • updated 4 months ago
+ o2 final

In the observatory’s kitchen.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago

国 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
wéi = w + ei2
enclosure
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= yu + Ø4
jade
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Characters with 国 as component

guó = gu + o2
knee pit / popliteal fossa (medicine)
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guō = gu + o1
small green cicada or frog (meaning unclear, possibly onom.) / see 蟈蟈|蝈蝈 long-horned grasshopper
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Words with 国

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international
South Korea (Republic of Korea) / Han, one of the Seven Hero States of the Warring States 戰國七雄|战国七雄[zhan4 guo2 qi1 xiong2] / Korea from the fall of the Joseon dynasty in 1897

Sentences with 国

国 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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