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
国籍
guójí
nationality; citizenship
Characters in this word
籍 jí
- Strokes
- 20
- Radical
- ⺮ — bamboo
- Made of
- ⺮ bamboo 耤 to plow
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 你的国籍呢？ Nǐ de guó jí ne? What is your nationality?
- 他有中国国籍。 Tā yǒu Zhōng guó guó jí. He has Chinese citizenship.
- 国籍很重要。 Guó jí hěn zhòng yào. Nationality is very important.
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
- 国际 guójì international
- 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