国庆
Guó qìng · HSK 3
National Day
🎉🇨🇳 国 = country + 庆 = celebrate; the country's celebration
国 means country/nation and 庆 means to celebrate or congratulate. Together 国庆 literally reads as 'national celebration' — the PRC's National Day on October 1st, marking the founding of the People's Republic in 1949.
国 — enclosure 囗 + jade 玉
国 is a simplified form of 國. The outer 囗 represents borders or an enclosed territory, while the inner 玉 (jade) suggests a treasured realm ruled by a sovereign. The traditional 國 used 或 inside, depicting a guarded region with a weapon, later simplified by replacing it with 玉.