Kanji 邦: home country, country, Japan

Key takeaways

Kanji 邦: home country, country, Japan. Readings and core meaning.

See vocabulary and examples below.

Kanji at a glance

邦

Meaning

home countrycountryJapan

On reading

ほう

Kun reading

くに

Radical

邑

Core meaning / core image

Core meaning: 邦

home country, country, Japan

Kanji structure breakdown

邦

Structure breakdown

丰 + ⻏

Mnemonic story

This character combines 'abundant' (丰) and 'village/town' (⻏). It represents a country formed by bringing together many prosperous villages. It is used to mean 'country' or 'nation' in words like federation (renpou) or our nation (abang).

On'yomi and kun'yomi

Example sentences

Example 1

この国は連邦制を採用しています。

Translation

This country adopts a federal system.

Example 2

連邦政府の決定が重要です。