国 Home·Characters·国 Character · Places 国 くに kuni country Composition 12345678 囗enclosure玉jewel, jade Origin Simplified from 國: an enclosure 囗 holding the jade 玉, image of the guarded territory. Proverbs carrying this character 299 国破れて山河あり The country is broken; mountains and rivers remain. Related characters 上above, top下below, bottom中middle, inside井well前front, before地ground, earth垣low wall, fence城castle, rampart堀moat, ditch堤dike, embankment