TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 (est.) · 字
國
國 ＝ 囗 ＋ 或
ㄍㄨㄛˊ · guó
noun — country, nation
字源 FORM — what the parts do
囗義walls — a bounded territory
Walls (囗) around 或 — itself a spear guarding ground. Territory, armed and bounded, is the country.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一圈牆（囗），一支戈，守著自己的土。
One ring of wall (囗), one spear, watching its own ground.
字源
意 · Meanings
(本義)邦國— country常用
→國家、國語— the nation; its language
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension