Note
Enclose a ball and call it a country. Who decides what a country is anyway?
Breakdown of country
ball
玉
The king has a dot at his feet. It's a ball, how inappropriate!
enclosure
囗 component
The enclosure component looks the same as the mouth kanji. Unlike mouth, this component is not a kanji by itself. When the enclosure component is used inside a kanji, another component is enclosed within it.
Usages of country
国kuni
country
国
country
米国beikoku
United States
中国chuugoku
China
英国eikoku
United Kingdom; England
母国bokoku
home country, homeland
外国gaikoku
foreign country
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