中国 (Zhōng guó)

Character breakdown

• 中 (Zhōng) · 4 strokes

  Depicts a flagpole. There is a circle in the middle marking the center of the flagpole. In older forms of the character, the flagpole has streamers at the top and bottom used to show the direction of…

• 国 (Guó) · 8 strokes

  Simplified form of 國. Phonosemantic compound. 囗 represents the meaning and 或 represents the sound.

Example sentences

1. 我在中国。 — I’m in China.
2. 我是中国人。 — I am Chinese.
3. 我生在中国。 — I was born in China.
4. 这是中国菜。 — This is Chinese food.
5. 你是中国人吗？ — Are you Chinese?

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