Entry
  1. Noun

    governor of a province (under the ritsuryō system)

    Historical term

  2. daimyo with a domain of one or more provinces (Edo period)

    Historical termsee 国主

Also written 国の守【くにのかみ】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

2
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country

Kun
くに
On
コク
Strokes
8
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N5
Frequency
3 of 2500
Radical
enclosure
WaniKani
Level 6

Built from

Used in names as

くな

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
3-3-5SKIP code
3s5.1The Kanji Dictionary
6010.3Four corner code
3172deroo
56fdUnicode hex code
1-25-81JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1037Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
950New Nelson (John Haig)
3087New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3831Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1964Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2659Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
581Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
624Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
8A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
745Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
111Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
4752Morohashi
123A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
40Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
40Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
79sakade
36Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
136henshall3
158Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
4crowley
151Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.11busy_people
344Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
588Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
guo2Pinyin reading
gugKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
6WaniKani level
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guard, protect, defend, obey

Kun
まも.るまも.りもり-もりかみ
On
シュ
Strokes
6
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N3
Frequency
457 of 2500
Radical
roof
WaniKani
Level 16

Built from

Used in names as

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
2-3-3SKIP code
3m3.2The Kanji Dictionary
3034.2Four corner code
748deroo
5b88Unicode hex code
1-28-73JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1282Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1310New Nelson (John Haig)
2173New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2697Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1375Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1861Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
186Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
198Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
564A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
284Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
352Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
7071Morohashi
300A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
490Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
499Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
421sakade
460Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
316henshall3
270Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
364crowley
537Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
466Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
189Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
shou3Pinyin reading
suKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
16WaniKani level