In oracle bones inscriptions, "国" was written as "或", carrying the meaning of defending a city with weapons (戈). The short lines on the four sides of "口" indicated national boundary. After "或" was used to mean "or", people created a specificcharacter to mean "country", which was "或" with a square, meaning boundary. Hence it turned to be "國". Its simplified form is "国". The original meaning "国" was state, and then it was extended to mean " country".
字义:
country; state; nation
组词:
国家:guójiā/ country; state; nation
国宝:guóbǎo /national treasure
国粹:guócuì/the quintessence of national culture
国画:guóhuà/traditional Chinese painting
国籍:guójí/nationality
国际:guójì/international
国际贸易:guójì màoyì/international trade
例句:
1.大熊猫是中国的国宝。 Dàxióngmāo shì zhōngguó de guóbǎo. Panda is a national treasure of China.
2.京剧是中国的"国粹",已经有200年的历史了。 Jīngjù shì zhōngguó de "guócuì ", yǐjīng yǒu èrbǎi nián de lìshǐ le. Beijing Opera is the quintessence of Chinese culture with the history of over 200 years.
3.我的专业是国际贸易。 Wǒ de Zhuānyè shì guójì màoyì. My major is International Trade.