祖国
Old HSK 6
祖国 (zǔguó) · motherland
祖国 (zǔguó) means “motherland; homeland”. It is written with 2 characters: 祖 (ancestor) + 国 (country). It is an old HSK 6 word (HSK 2.0).
How 祖国 is built
The characters
祖 zǔ · ancestor
What 祖 is made of
- 礻shì — spirit/altar
- 卜bo — divination
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 丶 — dot
- 卜bo — divination
- 且qiě — moreover
- 月yuè — moon; month
- 冂 — frame
- 二 — two strokes
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 月yuè — moon; month
国 guó · country
What 国 is made of
- 囗wéi — enclosure
- 冂 — frame
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 冂 — frame
- 玉yù — jade
- 王wáng — king
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 土tǔ — earth
- 丶 — dot
- 王wáng — king
Origin hint: Treasure 玉 within a country's borders 囗 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
我爱我的祖国。Wǒ ài wǒ de zǔguó.I love my homeland.
他在国外时很想念祖国。Tā zài guówài shí hěn xiǎngniàn zǔguó.He missed his homeland while abroad.
Questions about 祖国
What does 祖国 mean?
祖国 (zǔguó) means “motherland; homeland”.
How do you pronounce 祖国?
祖国 is pronounced zǔguó.
Which HSK level is 祖国?
祖国 is in Old HSK 6.
Related words
- 祖父zǔfùgrandfather (father's father)
- 祖先zǔxiānancestors
- 国家guójiācountry
- 国外guówàiabroad
- 外国wàiguóforeign country
- 中国ZhōngguóChina
- 出国chūguóto go abroad
- 国际guójìinternational
- 回国huíguóto return to one's country
- 全国quánguóthe whole country
Learn 祖国 with its group
It is part of Old HSK 6 · Group 249: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.