Entry
  1. Noun

    one's home; hometown; native place; birthplace

    今朝私は国元から父が病気になったという電報を受け取った。
    This morning I got a telegram from home saying that my father had been suddenly taken ill.

Also written 国許【くにもと】国もと【くにもと】

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Characters in this word

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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
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

beginning, former time, origin

Kun
もと
On
ゲンガン
Strokes
4
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N4
Frequency
192 of 2500
Radical
legs
WaniKani
Level 3

Built from

Used in names as

ちかはじめはるゆきよし

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
2-1-3SKIP code
0a4.5The Kanji Dictionary
1021.1Four corner code
3057deroo
5143Unicode hex code
1-24-21JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
275Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
343New Nelson (John Haig)
1929New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2428Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1226Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1690Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
59Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
63Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
328A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
60Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
106Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1340Morohashi
106A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
137Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
137Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
68sakade
121Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
117henshall3
89Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
408crowley
245Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.10busy_people
141Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
59Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yuan2Pinyin reading
weonKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
3WaniKani level