邦 means “country, Japanese (domestic)”

ほう · hou

Also: home country, Japan

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

くに

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ホウ

JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 7 strokes

The story

Thick growth (丰) beside a town (阝, on the right): settled, planted land, a country. 邦 means our own country, the one at home: 邦画 are Japanese films as against Western 洋画, 邦楽 is Japanese music, and 連邦 is a federation.

Used in 邦画 (houga, Japanese film), 邦楽 (hougaku, Japanese music), and 連邦 (renpou, federation)

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