Measure word
- 个 gè (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual attested
Stroke order
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Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.
Show the animation Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.
How it used to be written
国
These are the forms of 國, the traditional character: 国 is a twentieth-century simplification, found in no ancient corpus.
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Bronze script 西周早期 -
Clerical script 東漢 - See all 13 forms
家
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Oracle bone script 商 -
Clerical script 東漢 - See all 34 forms
Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).
Examples
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一个国家的风俗习惯反映了它的文化。
The manners and customs of a country reflect its culture.
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东西方文化在这个国家融合。
Cultures of the East and the West meet together in this country.
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中国和印度的人口超过了其他任何国家。
The populations of China and India dwarf those of every other nation.
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中国是三人在中等餐馆吃火锅自助餐一共值五块人民币而汉堡包比它贵五倍唯一的国家。您去搞明白吧......
China's the only country where three people can eat at a mid-range hotpot buffet for only 5 RMB, but a hamburger costs five times as much. Figure that one out!
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中国是个巨大的国家。
China is a huge country.
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中国是亚洲最大的国家。
China is the largest country in Asia.
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中国是资本主义国家。
China is a capitalist country.
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了解一个国家最好的方法是亲自去看一看。
The best way to know what a country is like is to go and see it with your own eyes.