0020 - 國[국] - 나라; 국가 - nation; country; nation-state

The Story [이야기] :

• Inside the boundary 囗 of a nation, the people 口 of the land 一 protect it with weapons like spears 戈.

Stroke Order [획순] :

New Vocabulary [새로운 단어] :

중국 [中國] - China
만국 [萬國] - all nations; nations of the world
국학 [國學] - the national literature; the national classics
일국 [一國] - a nation [country]
삼국 [三國] - the Three States/the Three Kingdoms of old Korea (Goguryeo, Baekje, and Silla) 
외국 [外國] - foreign country; foreign land
국외 [國外] - outside [out of] the country; abroad; overseas

 

Example Sentences [예문] :

요즘 中國어를 공부하는 사람이 그렇게 많다면서요?
I heard that a lot of people are studying Chinese these days.

한國어는 萬國 공통어가 되었다.
Korean has become the lingua franca[global language].