中

国

Unicode: U+56FD

Pinyin: guó

Definition

* 有土地、人民、主权的政体（古代指诸侯所受封的地域） ～家。～土。～体（ ➊ 国家的性质； ➋ 国家的体面）。～号。～度（指国家）。～策。～情。～法。～力。～防。～威。～宝（➊ 国家的宝物；➋ 喻对国家有特殊贡献的人）。～格。～魂。～是（国家大计，如"共商～是"）。 * 特指中国的。 ～产。～货。～粹。～乐（yuè ㄩㄝˋ）。～药。 * 姓

nation, country, nation-state

Structure

国 graph

Related substructures

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Precursors

Bronze Inscriptions
c. 1200–221 BCE (Shang–Zhou; continues into the Warring States)
Inscriptions cast or engraved on ritual bronzes, especially prominent from the Western Zhou onward; a major source for early political, ritual, and social history.Wikipedia ->
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Chu Script
c. 770–221 BCE (Chu, Spring & Autumn–Warring States)
A regional script tradition used in the state of Chu, best known from brush-written bamboo and silk manuscripts with distinctive local forms.Wikipedia ->
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Transmitted Pre-Qin Forms
Pre-Qin forms (≤221 BCE) / late 2nd century BCE onward (Han → later textual transmission)
Pre-Qin character forms preserved through later textual transmission (often discussed as the 'Old Text' / guwen tradition). Shaped by repeated copying, they can diverge from excavated Warring States materials.Wikipedia ->
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Last Modified: 2026-01-29 11:48 UTC