the "country" radical, called 国(くに)構(がま)え (kunigamae)

an element of a kanji character; a kanji radical.

to show, to make apparent / to express, to put into words / to signify, to represent, to symbolize, to stand for

to express, to say in words, to put into words

area, district, particular geographic region

a land, a large place / a country in general, a region / a country as in a nation, a state / the office of emperor, the crown; affairs of state / a province of ancient Japan

kanji

countries

(education) The 1,026 kanji taught in primary school; a subset of 常用漢字 (じょうようかんじ, jōyō kanji)

smaller kanji historically used as a pronunciation guide, similar to modern furigana