邦
邦 — Home country
home country, country, Japan
On’yomiホウ (hou)
Kun’yomiくに (kuni)
Stroke order (7 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 邦
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 連邦 | れんぽう renpou | federation (of states); confederation; commonwealth |
| 邦人 | ほうじん houjin | Japanese national (esp. abroad); fellow countryman |
| 邦楽 | ほうがく hougaku | Japanese music (esp. traditional Japanese music) |
| 東邦 | とうほう touhou | Oriental country; the Orient |
| 邦画 | ほうが houga | Japanese film; Japanese painting |
| 邦訳 | ほうやく houyaku | translation into Japanese |
Study notes
邦 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 7 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #654 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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