国 guó
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 囗 — enclosure
- Made of
- 囗 enclosure 玉 jade, gem, precious stone
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
国际
guójì
international
Characters in this word
际 jì
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 阝 — place, town, city
- Made of
- 阝 place, town, city 示 altar
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这是国际学校。 Zhè shì guójì xuéxiào. This is an international school.
- 他学国际贸易。 Tā xué guójì màoyì. He studies international trade.
- 国际新闻很多。 Guójì xīnwén hěn duō. There is a lot of international news.
Related words
- 国 guó country, state
- 国家 guójiā country, nation
- 国外 guówài abroad, overseas
- 外国 wàiguó foreign country
- 中国 Zhōngguó China
- 出国 chūguó to go abroad
- 回国 huíguó to return to one’s country
- 全国 quánguó the whole country
- 国内 guónèi within the country
- 国庆 guóqìng National Day
- 联合国 Liánhéguó the United Nations
- 爱国 àiguó to love one's country