# 邦 — home country; Japan

邦 means “home country; Japan”. It is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 7 strokes. On'yomi: ホウ (hou). It has no common kun'yomi.

- Meaning: home country; Japan
- On'yomi: ホウ (hou)
- Kun'yomi: —
- Strokes: 7
- Level: JLPT N1 · set Land & places 1

## How to remember 邦

Parts: 丰 lush · 阝 town; hill

## Don't confuse it with

[那](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/naha/)

## More in the “Land & places 1” set

[邦](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/home-country/) · [塚](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/burial-mound/) · [街](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/street/) · [跡](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/traces/) · [郡](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/county/) · [郷](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/home-town/) · [里](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/home-village/) · [堀](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/moat/) · [岳](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/peak/)

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From Moji Ninja (https://moji.ninja/), a free app for learning hiragana, katakana and the JLPT kanji from N5 to N1 with spaced repetition. Page: https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/home-country/. Last updated 2026-11-01.