A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Variant_Chinese_character" class="extiw" title="w:en:Variant Chinese character">variant</a> of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Chinese_character" class="extiw" title="w:en:Chinese character">Chinese character</a> "國" (Pinyin: guó; On'yomi Romaji: Koku; MCR: kuk), meaning "country". This character is recorded in the 宋元以來俗字譜, and is also commonly used in Korea as well. An example of an appearance of this character is on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Liancourt_Rocks" class="extiw" title="w:en:Liancourt Rocks">Liancourt Rocks</a>, where the characters "韓<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Guo_korean_variant.PNG" class="image"><img alt="Guo korean variant.PNG" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Guo_korean_variant.PNG/20px-Guo_korean_variant.PNG" decoding="async" width="20" height="21" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Guo_korean_variant.PNG/30px-Guo_korean_variant.PNG 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Guo_korean_variant.PNG/40px-Guo_korean_variant.PNG 2x" data-file-width="93" data-file-height="97"></a>境" are carved into the side of the rock, visible on some images.
Self-created
2009-06-01
<span class="int-own-work" lang="en">Own work</span>