くに
国
こと
言
ば
葉

noun

  1. local dialect, vernacular, provincialism.
  2. national language.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
くに
国
こと
言
ば
葉
 国言葉 くにことば
くに
国
ことば
詞
 国詞 くにことば

Contained Kanji Breakdown

country
コク　くに　くな (2nd, N5)
box, box or enclosure radical (no. 31)
イ　コク (Kentei 1)
jewel, ball
たま　ギョク　おう (1st, N2)
king, rule, magnate
オウ　-ノウ　おお (1st, N3)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
say, word
い.う　こと　ゲン (2nd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
leaf, plane, lobe
は　ヨウ　よ (3rd, N3)
grass, grass radical (no. 140)
table, flat pieces of wood, slip
ヨウ　うすいきふだ　まど
generation, world, society
セ　よ　セイ (3rd, N4)
twenty
にじゅう　ジュウ　ニュウ (Kentei Pre-1)
fishhook radical(乙) variant
tree, wood
き　モク　こ- (1st, N5)