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
国防
guófáng
national defence
Characters in this word
防 fáng
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 阝 — place, town, city
- Made of
- 阝 place, town, city 方 square, rectangle
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 国防现代化不仅依赖武器更新，也依赖人才培养和制度协同。 Guófáng xiàndàihuà bùjǐn yīlài wǔqì gēngxīn, yě yīlài réncái péiyǎng hé zhìdù xiétóng. National defence modernisation depends not only on renewing weapons, but also on talent development and institutional coordination.
- 国家每年都要投入大量资金用于国防。 Guójiā měi nián dōu yào tóurù dàliàng zījīn yòngyú guófáng. A country invests large sums in national defence every year.
- 国防教育课让学生了解保护国家安全的意义。 Guófáng jiàoyù kè ràng xuésheng liǎojiě bǎohù guójiā ānquán de yìyì. The national defence education class helps students understand why protecting national security matters.
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