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
国土
guótǔ
national territory; land
Characters in this word
土 tǔ
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 土 — soil, earth
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 国土规划必须兼顾粮食安全、生态保护和城市发展。 Guótǔ guīhuà bìxū jiāngù liángshí ānquán, shēngtài bǎohù hé chéngshì fāzhǎn. Territorial planning must take food security, ecological protection and urban development into account at the same time.
- 这个国家的国土面积不大，但风景很美。 Zhège guójiā de guótǔ miànjī bú dà, dàn fēngjǐng hěn měi. This country's territory is not large, but the scenery is beautiful.
- 地图上用红色标出了国土的边界。 Dìtú shàng yòng hóngsè biāo chū le guótǔ de biānjiè. The borders of the national territory are marked in red on the map.
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