邦

音読おんよみ: ホウ

訓読くんよみ: くに

画数かくすう: 7

部首ぶしゅ: ⻏(おおざと)

Meaning

Country / Nation / Home Country / Region

  • 邦人ほうじん — Japanese nationals living overseas
  • 邦画ほうが — Japanese films
  • 邦楽ほうがく — traditional Japanese music
  • 連邦れんぽう — federation; federal union

The radical ⻏ suggests land or a region. The right side contributes the sound ホウ. Together they point to a defined land or territory — the idea behind “country” or “nation.”

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