Read Edit View history 国 guóGuó HSK1 nation Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents ← Back to history approved by Peter Olson · Oct 29, 2020, 08:45 AM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Oct 29, 2020, 08:45 AM verify Changed fields: isVerified Simplified form of 國. Phonosemantic compound. 囗 represents the meaning and 或 represents the sound. Components 囗 囗 Meaning component wéi, guó surround 玉 玉 SoundSimplified component yù jade Shorthand for the 或 component in the traditional character 國. Change in sound 国 and 玉 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese. 国 *[C.q]ʷˤək 玉 *[ŋ](r)ok (< uvular?) Historical Pronunciations Sources Readings & variants Unicode