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The Kanji Map

Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

654 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 7

Meaning: home country, country, Japan

Kunyomi: くに

Onyomi: ホウ

Composition: 丰 邑

邦

Radical

Radical: 邑

Meaning: town (阝 right)

Reading: むら

Frequency: 350

Alternative forms:

阝(alt radical position hen)

邑

Examples

Onyomi Examples

邦楽 (ホウガク) Japanese music (esp. traditional Japanese music)

邦画 (ホウガ) Japanese film, Japanese painting

東邦 (トウホウ) Oriental country, the Orient

友邦 (ユウホウ) friendly nation

Kunyomi Examples

国 (くに) country, state, region, national government, central government, home (i.e. hometown, home country), province (of Japan), land, earth

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