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

to found a state / to open a closed country

African National Congress, ANC / abbr. for 非洲人國民大會|非洲人国民大会[Fei1 zhou1 ren2 guo2 min2 da4 hui4]

to close the passes and seal off the country / to close a country to exclude foreign contact

outstanding founding minister (title given to reward loyal general or vassal of new dynasty or state)

customs border

Arab League, regional organization of Arab states in Southwest Asia, and North and Northeast Africa, officially called the League of Arab States

United Arab Emirates (Tw)

United Arab Emirates (UAE)

United Arab Emirates / abbr. for 阿拉伯聯合酋長國|阿拉伯联合酋长国[A1 la1 bo2 Lian2 he2 Qiu2 zhang3 guo2]

Arlington National Cemetery in Washington DC, USA

dual citizenship

(slang) Japan (loanword from the Japanese word for Japan, "Nihon")

Yasukuni Shrine, Shinto shrine in Tokyo to Japanese war dead, controversial as burial ground of several Class A war criminals

non-state actor

non-nuclear country

non-nuclear weapon states (NNWS)

African National Congress, ANC

to close a country; to exclude foreign contact / closed country (Qing China, North Korea etc)

variant of 開國元勳|开国元勋, founding figure (of country or dynasty) / founding father / fig. also used of company, school etc

founding figure (of a country or dynasty) / founding father / fig. also used of company or school etc

Sentences with 國

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