邦 – home country, country, Japan

7 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#654 in newspaper frequencyN1 vocabulary

The kanji 邦 means home country, country, Japan. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ホウ (hou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is くに (kuni). It is written with 7 strokes, under radical 邑 (no. 163).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ホウ	hou
Kun’yomi	くに	kuni

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 邑 (Kangxi radical 163). Components: ノ・二.

Words using 邦

連邦れんぽうfederation (of states)

Example sentences

アメリカ人は連邦税と州税の両方を払っている。

Americans pay both federal taxes and state taxes.

Tatoeba #230098

米国連邦準備銀行は銀行の取り付け騒ぎを食い止めようとしています。

The Fed is trying to stave off a run on the banks.

Tatoeba #83485

Kanji with the same radical

部都邸郵郡郷郊邪那

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