國

guó = gu + o2

surname Guo

guó = gu + o2

country / nation / state / national / CL:個|个[ge4]

国 = 囗 + 玉 : Mnemonic symbol: a nation's flag. Let's say the Chinese flag.

In the observatory's kitchen (o2) Gitta Giraffe (gu) is practising her ballet performance. She got a whole crate (囗) full of jade bracelets (玉) and flags (国) and fixed one flag to each jade bracelet. This makes a perfect combination for throwing the ring with the flag waving behind it and catching the ring again after a few pirouettes.

國 character breakdown

國
- 囗
- 或
  - 一
  - 口
  - 戈
    - 丿
    - 弋

wéi = w + ei2

enclosure

Mnemonic symbol: a plastic enclosure. Willy Walrus (w) is keeping frozen fish in an enclosure (囗) in the Eiffel Tower's kitchen (ei2).

huò = hu + o4

maybe / perhaps / might / possibly / or

或 = 一 + 口 + 戈 : In observatory's bathroom, Osvaldo Farrés plays his famous song "Quizás, Quizás, Quizás" (Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps) on a flute. Helga Horse listens and doesn't know whether she should maybe give him her mandarin as reward, or perhaps stab him with a spear.

Characters with 國 as component

guó = gu + o2

cap worn by women / feminine

gua̅i = gu + ai1

to slap / also pr. [guo2]

guo̅ = gu + o1

sound of swallowing / croak

guó = gu + o2

knee pit / popliteal fossa (medicine)

guo̅ = gu + o1

small green cicada or frog (meaning unclear, possibly onom.) / see 蟈蟈|蝈蝈 long-horned grasshopper

Words with 國

Chinese style / à la chinoise

China University of Geosciences

China Geological Survey (CGS)

China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC), the information hub of the China Earthquake Administration 中國地震局|中国地震局[Zhong1 guo2 Di4 zhen4 ju2]

China Earthquake Administration (CEA) / State Seismological Bureau

Chinatown

Chinese Dream (i.e. the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation), term associated with Xi Jinping 習近平|习近平[Xi2 Jin4 ping2]

Encyclopedia of China Publishing House

Chinese giant salamander (Andrias davidianus davidianus)

Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association

The Voice of China, PRC reality talent show

Concise History of the Chinese Novel by Lu Xun 魯迅|鲁迅[Lu3 Xun4]

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC)

Chinese Academy of Engineering

the League of the Left-Wing Writers, an organization of writers formed in China in 1930

Broadcasting Corporation of China (BCC)

China Construction Bank

Chinese Thanksgiving, another name for 蛋炒飯節|蛋炒饭节[Dan4 chao3 fan4 jie2]

China University of Political Science and Law, Beijing, with undergraduate campus at Changping 昌平[Chang1 ping2], and graduate campus in Haidian district 海澱區|海淀区[Hai3 dian4 qu1]

Chinese Geophysical Society

Sentences with 國

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