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8 strokes · radical 囗 · HSK 1 · traditional 國
11 strokes · HSK 1 · simplified 国
A way to remember it
A wall, 囗, drawn around jade, 玉 — the treasure inside the boundary. The traditional 國 puts a weapon, 或, inside the wall instead.
A picture that makes the shape stick — not a claim about the character’s history.
Shown in simplified. Converting whole words needs one-to-many knowledge this site does not have — 发 is 發 in 出发 but 髮 in 头发 — and a confidently wrong word would be worse than an honest simplified one.
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country
guó — country
Radical 囗 · 8 strokes · HSK 1 · traditional 國
11 strokes · HSK 1 · simplified 国
A way to remember itA wall, 囗, drawn around jade, 玉 — the treasure inside the boundary. The traditional 國 puts a weapon, 或, inside the wall instead.