Dong Chinese dictionary

guó

nation

Simplified form of 國. Phonosemantic compound. 囗 represents the meaning and 或 represents the sound.

Components

囗 Meaning component

wéi

surround

玉 Sound Simplified component

yù

jade

Shorthand for the 或 component in the traditional character 國.

国 and 玉 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.国 /*[C.q]ʷˤək/
玉 /*[ŋ](r)ok (< uvular?)/

Evolution

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Traditional script

Modern

Simplified script

Modern

Definitions

国 (國)

guó

nation, country, nation-state; country; nation; state; national; CL:個|个[gè]

国 (國)

Guó

surname Guo

Most common words with 国

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	美国	USA
	中国	China
	国家	country
	国际	international
	全国	whole nation

Component uses

Sound component in 3 characters (0 verified)

Sources

MTSU Chinese text computing

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